Robin Roberts

Subversive Spirits

The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Brings the figure of the female ghost into the light, exploring her cultural significance in a variety of media from 1926 to 2014. Robin Roberts argues that the female ghost is worth studying for what she can tell us about feminine subjectivity in cultural contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781496825582
• ISBN-10: 1496825586
• Artikelnr.: 56714682

Autorenporträt

Robin Roberts is professor emeritus of English and gender studies at the University of Arkansas. She is author of several books on gender and popular culture, including Subversive Spirits: The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture, Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons, and Ladies First: Women in Music Videos and coauthor (with Leslie A. Wade and Frank de Caro) of Downtown Mardi Gras: New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans, all published by University Press of Mississippi.