| Description |
1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Transformations
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Transformations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-162) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Spies, lies and sexual outlaws: Male spies in popular fiction; 2 Femmes fatales and British grit: Women spies in the First and Second World Wars; 3 Dolly birds: Female spies in the 1960s; 4 English roses and all-American girls: The New Avengers and The Bionic Woman; 5 Nikita: From French cinema to American television; 6 Alias: Quality television and the working woman; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination. This study proposes that the figure of the female spy constitutes a nexus of contradictory ideas about femininity, power, and sexuality in British and American culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women spies on television.
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Women spies on television. |
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Women spies in literature.
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Women spies in literature. |
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Spies in literature.
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Spies in literature. |
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Women spies in motion pictures.
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Women spies in motion pictures. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: White, Rosie, 1964- Violent femmes. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007 (DLC) 2007010335 |
| ISBN |
0415370779 (Cloth) |
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9780415370776 (Cloth) |
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0415370787 (Paper) |
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9780415370783 (Paper) |
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0203030575 (electronic book) |
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9780203030578 (electronic book) |
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9786611062637 |
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6611062637 |
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9781134198078 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1134198078 |
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9781134198023 (e-book ; Mobi) |
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1134198027 |
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9781134198061 (e-book ; ePub) |
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113419806X |
| Report No. |
MYILIB_CUp |
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