Reclaiming the Tomboy

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 HISTORY1.Rise of the Marketplace TomboyRenée M. Sentilles2.The Momboy: Maternal Tomboys on StageLynn DeboeckPART II: THE WRITTEN WORD: THE TOMBOY IN LITERATURE3.Queer Epistemologies of the Tomboy in Stacey Waite’s Butch GeographyCE Mackenzie4.Reclaiming Female Power in Postcolonial Africa: The Tomboy in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous ConditionsTatiana Prorokova-Konrad 5.Tomboy Ethos in Children’s Non-FictionJennifer HarrisonPART III: THE SMALL SCREEN: THE TOMBOY ON TELEVISION6.“Whoever I Want to Be”: Tomboy and/as Femme Fatale in Marvel’s Agent CarterCara McClintock-Walsh7.Tomboys, Annedroids and the New NormalRebecca Feasey8.Misnomers and Contemporizations: An Examination of the Tomboy Figure in the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger ThingsErica Joan DymondPART IV: THE VIRTUAL WORLD: THE TOMBOY IN VIDEO GAMES AND ON THE INTERNET9.Beyond Good and Evil … and Gender and Humanism? Exploring Jade as a Posthuman ProtagonistPoppy Wilde

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.