Gender roles and political contexts in Cold War spy fiction Sian MacArthur.

This book analyses the gender roles and political contexts of spy fiction narratives published during the years of the Cold War. It offers an introduction to the development of spy fiction both in England and in the United States and explores the ways in which issues such as the atomic bomb, double...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	MacArthur, Sian
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Series:	Crime files series.
Subjects:	Spy stories, English > History and criticism. Spy stories, American > History and criticism. Cold War in literature. Sex in literature. Sex discrimination in literature. Cold War (1945-1989) in literature Sex discrimination in literature Sex in literature Spy stories, American Spy stories, English Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: 'To Make the World a Better Place': Politics, Patriarchy and Privilege-Spy Fiction and the Cold War
'The Name's Bond. James Bond': The Rise of the British Spy Novel 'It's a Game of Dog Eat Dog': Discontent and Disintegration in the World of the Hard-Boiled Detective
'A World of Shadows and Suspicions': The Psychology of Paranoia
'The Greatest Weapon on Earth': Power and Propaganda in Spy Fiction Narratives
'The Man Who Looked Both East and West': The Double Agent at Work
'So We're Not Enemies?': Spy Fiction and the End of the Cold War
'A Perpetual State of War': Legacy and Unresolved Conflict in Post-War Spy Fiction
'Power and Agency': Addressing Inequality in Contemporary Women's Spy Fiction
Conclusion: 'A Pawn on a Chessboard': The Ongoing Influence of Patriarchy.

Gender roles and political contexts in Cold War spy fiction Sian MacArthur.

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