If spy fictions often come to the fore in times of social and political crises, fictional female spy-protagonists also reflect upon uneasy changes in gender roles. This essay illustrates how fictional female spies mark shifts in the politics of gender and can be seen as commentaries on specific temporal femininities, by exploring some works of a bestselling author: Stella Rimington. Before starting a career as a writer, Rimington was the first woman to head the Security Service (the Home Section of the British Secret Service Bureau) and the first Director General to be publicly identified.
Domestic Intelligence: A Gender Analysis of Stella Rimington's Spy Stories
DELLA VALLE, Paola
2014-01-01
Abstract
If spy fictions often come to the fore in times of social and political crises, fictional female spy-protagonists also reflect upon uneasy changes in gender roles. This essay illustrates how fictional female spies mark shifts in the politics of gender and can be seen as commentaries on specific temporal femininities, by exploring some works of a bestselling author: Stella Rimington. Before starting a career as a writer, Rimington was the first woman to head the Security Service (the Home Section of the British Secret Service Bureau) and the first Director General to be publicly identified.
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