Vigilante Women in Contemporary American Fiction

• Author(s): A. Graham-Bertolini,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 193
• ISBN_10: 0230339301
  ISBN_13: 9780230339309
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / American / General , Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Social Science / Gender Studies , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General ,

Description:... Graham-Bertolini provides the first analysis of vigilante women in contemporary American fiction. She develops a dynamic model of vigilante heroines using literary and feminist theory and applies it to important texts to broaden our understanding of how law and culture infringe upon women's rights.