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Reclaiming the Tomboy

The Body, Representation, and Identity

Edited by Erica Joan Dymond; Jennifer Harrison and Holly Wells - Contributions by Lynn Deboeck; Erica Joan Dymond; Rebecca Feasey; Jennifer Harrison; CE Mackenzie; Cara McClintock-Walsh; Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad; Renée M. Sentilles; Holly Wells and Poppy Wilde

With the tomboy figure currently operating in a liminal space between extinction and resurgence, Reclaiming the Tomboy: The Body, Identity, and Representation is an unabashed celebration of her rebellious, independent, and pioneering spirit. This collection examines the tomboy as she appears throughout history, in the arts and in real-life. It also addresses how she has changed over the centuries, adapting to the world around her and breaking new boundaries in new ways (sometimes with a "simple" selfie). While this collection addresses the claim of the tomboy as being antiquated or even "problematic," it more vigorously offers examples of where she is thriving and benefiting from her tomboy identity. Ultimately, this book underscores the tomboy's legacy as well as why she is still relevant, if not needed, today.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 254 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-7936-2294-5 • Hardback • July 2022 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-7936-2296-9 • Paperback • April 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-7936-2295-2 • eBook • July 2022 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Popular Culture, Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Women's Studies

Erica Joan Dymond is assistant professor of English at East Stroudsburg University.

Jen Harrison is a freelance writer, editor, and dissertation coach.

Holly Wells is associate professor of English at East Stroudsburg University.

PART I: A RETROSPECTIVE: THE TOMBOY IN HISTORY

  1. Rise of the Marketplace Tomboy

Renée M. Sentilles

  1. The Momboy: Maternal Tomboys on Stage

Lynn Deboeck

PART II: THE WRITTEN WORD: THE TOMBOY IN LITERATURE

  1. Queer Epistemologies of the Tomboy in Stacey Waite’s Butch Geography

CE Mackenzie

  1. Reclaiming Female Power in Postcolonial Africa: The Tomboy in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions

Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad

  1. Tomboy Ethos in Children’s Non-Fiction

Jennifer Harrison

PART III: THE SMALL SCREEN: THE TOMBOY ON TELEVISION

  1. “Whoever I Want to Be”: Tomboy and/as Femme Fatale in Marvel’s Agent Carter

Cara McClintock-Walsh

  1. Tomboys, Annedroids and the New Normal

Rebecca Feasey

  1. Misnomers and Contemporizations: An Examination of the Tomboy Figure in the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things

Erica Joan Dymond

PART IV: THE VIRTUAL WORLD: THE TOMBOY IN VIDEO GAMES AND ON THE INTERNET

  1. Beyond Good and Evil … and Gender and Humanism? Exploring Jade as a Posthuman Protagonist

Poppy Wilde

  1. How #Tomboy Instagram Reclaims the Tomboy from White, Middle-Class Straight

Women

Holly Wells

An anthology that takes the enduring and evolving figure of the tomboy seriously. From her commodification to her rise in social media, from international to literary and media contexts – this collection is vital for understanding the competing discourses that celebrate and constrain an important symbol of gender rebellion. An important read for scholars and students of gender, communication, media, and cultural criticism.


— Jamie Skerski, University of Colorado Boulder


Reclaiming the Tomboy

The Body, Representation, and Identity

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • With the tomboy figure currently operating in a liminal space between extinction and resurgence, Reclaiming the Tomboy: The Body, Identity, and Representation is an unabashed celebration of her rebellious, independent, and pioneering spirit. This collection examines the tomboy as she appears throughout history, in the arts and in real-life. It also addresses how she has changed over the centuries, adapting to the world around her and breaking new boundaries in new ways (sometimes with a "simple" selfie). While this collection addresses the claim of the tomboy as being antiquated or even "problematic," it more vigorously offers examples of where she is thriving and benefiting from her tomboy identity. Ultimately, this book underscores the tomboy's legacy as well as why she is still relevant, if not needed, today.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 254 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
    978-1-7936-2294-5 • Hardback • July 2022 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
    978-1-7936-2296-9 • Paperback • April 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    978-1-7936-2295-2 • eBook • July 2022 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Popular Culture, Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Women's Studies
Author
Author
  • Erica Joan Dymond is assistant professor of English at East Stroudsburg University.

    Jen Harrison is a freelance writer, editor, and dissertation coach.

    Holly Wells is associate professor of English at East Stroudsburg University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • PART I: A RETROSPECTIVE: THE TOMBOY IN HISTORY

    1. Rise of the Marketplace Tomboy

    Renée M. Sentilles

    1. The Momboy: Maternal Tomboys on Stage

    Lynn Deboeck

    PART II: THE WRITTEN WORD: THE TOMBOY IN LITERATURE

    1. Queer Epistemologies of the Tomboy in Stacey Waite’s Butch Geography

    CE Mackenzie

    1. Reclaiming Female Power in Postcolonial Africa: The Tomboy in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions

    Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad

    1. Tomboy Ethos in Children’s Non-Fiction

    Jennifer Harrison

    PART III: THE SMALL SCREEN: THE TOMBOY ON TELEVISION

    1. “Whoever I Want to Be”: Tomboy and/as Femme Fatale in Marvel’s Agent Carter

    Cara McClintock-Walsh

    1. Tomboys, Annedroids and the New Normal

    Rebecca Feasey

    1. Misnomers and Contemporizations: An Examination of the Tomboy Figure in the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things

    Erica Joan Dymond

    PART IV: THE VIRTUAL WORLD: THE TOMBOY IN VIDEO GAMES AND ON THE INTERNET

    1. Beyond Good and Evil … and Gender and Humanism? Exploring Jade as a Posthuman Protagonist

    Poppy Wilde

    1. How #Tomboy Instagram Reclaims the Tomboy from White, Middle-Class Straight

    Women

    Holly Wells

Reviews
Reviews
  • An anthology that takes the enduring and evolving figure of the tomboy seriously. From her commodification to her rise in social media, from international to literary and media contexts – this collection is vital for understanding the competing discourses that celebrate and constrain an important symbol of gender rebellion. An important read for scholars and students of gender, communication, media, and cultural criticism.


    — Jamie Skerski, University of Colorado Boulder


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