Pulp Fiction is a term used to describe the mass-market paperbacks that proliferated during the early 1900’s. Written for the general entertainment of the mass audience, most of these were fantastic, escapist fiction, depicting bigger-than-life heroes, crime, and exotic places. Looking at these titles through a twenty-first century lens, many of them are now considered racist, or exploitative, and the objectification of women is a recurrent theme. The artwork designed for the covers sold mi...| digitalcommons.risd.edu