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Warring over Valor : How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries /
By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism. The book offers tw...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Reconsidering Military Heroism in American History / Wendt, Simon
- 1. The End of Military Heroism? The American Legion and "Service" between the Wars / Lewis, George
- 2. GI Joe Nisei: The Invention of World War II's Iconic Japanese American Soldier / Wu, Ellen D.
- 3. Instrument of Subjugation or Avenue for Liberation? Black Military Heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War / Wendt, Simon
- 4. "Warriors in Uniform": Race, Masculinity, and Martial Valor among Native American Veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and Beyond / Voigt, Matthias
- 5. My Lai: The Crisis of American Military Heroism in the Vietnam War / Estes, Steve
- 6. Leonard Matlovich: From Military Hero to Gay Rights Poster Boy / Hall, Simon
- 7. Displaying Heroism: Media Images of the Weary Soldier in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War / Lucker, Amy
- 8. "From Louboutins to Combat Boots"? The Negotiation of a Twenty-First-Century Female Warrior Image in American Popular Culture and Literature / Makeschin, Sarah
- 9. From Warrior to Soldier? Lakota Veterans on Military Valor / John, Sonja
- 10. Virtual Warfare: Video Games, Drones, and the Reimagination of Heroic Masculinity / Andersen, Carrie
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Index