{"product_id":"9781551521848","title":"Red Light: Superheroes, Saints, and Sluts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe female as represented in history and popular culture has been a timeless yet culturally unstable image, construed and contested by men and women alike. \u003ci\u003eRed Light \u003c\/i\u003e is an anthology of essays and visual materials that identifies and deconstructs female icons, past and present, and re-imagines them for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Anna, the red light is a beacon, a warning signal that declares the incendiary power of women; the icons found in this book are red lights as well: Wonder Woman, Amelia Earhart, the Virgin Mary, Jayne Mansfield, Florence Nightingale, Aileen Wuornos, Belle Starr, Foxy Brown, the Avon Lady, and many more. Further, the categories these icons fall into—superheroes, saints, and sluts—are reconfigured and redeemed by their portrayers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternately fiery, sexy, angry, and eloquent, the works in this book cast these powerful, conflicted women in the (red) light of a new day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors include\u003c\/b\u003e : Sandra Alland, Sharon Bridgforth, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Daphne Gottlieb, Collin Kelley, Billie Mandel, Lenelle Moise, Sara Seinberg, and Zoe Whittall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnna Camilleri \u003c\/b\u003e is a Toronto-based writer and performer. She co-edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eBrazen Femme: Queering Femininity\u003c\/i\u003e , a Lambda Award nominee, as well as co-authored \u003ci\u003eBoys Like Her \u003c\/i\u003e as a member of the Taste This collective. In 2004, she published her memoir, \u003ci\u003eI Am a Red Dress\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030564913392,"sku":"9781551521848","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551521848_p0.jpg?v=1763753114","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551521848","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}