Making war, making women : femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945 /

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Drawing On war propaganda, popular advertising, voluminous government records, and hundreds of letters and other accounts written by women in the 1940's, Melissa A. McEuen examines how extensively women's bodies and minds became "battlegrounds" in the U.S. fight for victory in Wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McEuen, Melissa A., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1900-1999
Women > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
Femininity > United States > History > 20th century.
Advertising > Cosmetics > History > 20th century.
Advertising > Clothing and dress > History > 20th century.
Femmes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis.
Féminité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cosmétiques > Publicité > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Vêtements > Publicité > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Advertising > Clothing and dress.
Advertising > Cosmetics.
Femininity.
Women.
United States.
History.
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  • All-American masks : creaming and coloring the wartime face
  • Tender hands and average legs : shaping disparate extremities
  • Pleasant aromas and good scents : cleansing the body politic
  • Proper attire and streamlined silhouettes : clothing the home front figure
  • Sacrifice and agreeability : cultivating right minds.

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