{"product_id":"red-light-anna-camilleri-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\u003eis 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\u003eis 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\u003eas 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Camilleri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551521849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551521848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Finalist","brand":"Anna Camilleri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540590915839,"sku":"9781551521848","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6578432e-0611-4d73-b30a-020ebb9754a4.jpg?v=1700588759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-light-anna-camilleri-9781551521848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}