Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage: Spying Undercover
Ann Rea, "Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage: Spying Undercover"
English | ISBN: 1350271365 | 2023 | 250 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1240 KB + 16 MB
English | ISBN: 1350271365 | 2023 | 250 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1240 KB + 16 MB
An exploration of how espionage narratives give access to cultural conceptions of gender and sexuality before and following the Second World War, this bookmoves away from masculinist assumptions of the genre to offer an integrative survey of the sexualities on display from important characters across spy fiction. Topics covered include how authors mocked the traditional spy genre; James Bond as a symbol of pervasive British Superiority still anxious about masculinity; how older female spies act as queer figures that disturb the masculine mythology of the secret agent; and how the clandestine lives of agents described ways to encode queer communities under threat from fascism. Covering texts such as the Bond novels, John Le Carré’s oeuvre (and their notable adaptations) and works by Helen MacInnes, Christopher Isherwood and Mick Herron,
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