Jenny Ingemarsdotter holds a PhD in the History of Science and Ideas from Uppsala University and has recently concluded a postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Swedish Research Council, hosted by the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University, Sweden, and the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture, University of Manchester, UK.

• Introduction Part I: Telling Stories: Film, Fashion and "Funny Complications" 1. The M-Word: Modern or Masculine? 2. "La Garçonne is Dead!—Long Live Femininity!" Part II: Changing Stories: Negotiating Masculinities in Sports and Automobility 3. "What We Have Learned from Our Sporting Ladies": Making Sense of the Female Athlete 4. The Chauffeuse Who Wished for a Racecar: Stories of Masculinized Women Behind the Wheel Part III: Unfinished Stories: Queer Female Masculinities 5. In No Certain Terms: Female Masculinities and Queer Desires 6. The Desire to Desire: The Masculine Modern Woman in Fiction. Conclusion

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