The American Girl Goes to War : Women and National Identity in U.S. Silent Film /

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"During the 1910s, films about war often featured a female protagonist. The films portrayed women as spies, cross-dressing soldiers, and athletic defenders of their homes-roles typically reserved for men and that contradicted gendered-expectations of home-front women waiting for their husbands,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clarke, Liz, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in motion pictures.
Women and war.
War films.
Silent films.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Nationalism.
Heroines in motion pictures.
Films muets > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Rôle selon le sexe au cinema > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Heroïnes au cinema > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes et guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes au cinema > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Films de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Silent films > United States > History > 20th century.
Sex role in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Heroines in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Women and war > United States > History > 20th century.
Women in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
War films > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • American Girls and National Identity
  • Fighting Femininity on Home Soil in Civil War Films, 1908 to
  • American Revolution and Other Wars
  • Featuring Preparedness and Peace; or, America and the European War, Part I
  • From Serial Queens to Patriotic Heroines; or, America and the European War, Part II
  • The American Girl and Wartime Patriotism
  • Conclusion.

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