Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Spies, lies and sexual outlaws: Male spies in popular fiction; 2 Femmes fatales and British grit: Women spies in the First and Second World Wars; 3 Dolly birds: Female spies in the 1960s; 4 English roses and all-American girls: The New Avengers and The Bionic Woman; 5 Nikita: From French cinema to American television; 6 Alias: Quality television and the working woman; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination. This study proposes that the figure of the female spy constitutes a nexus of contradictory ideas about femininity, power, and sexuality in British and American culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-162) and index
