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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clarke, Liz, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Series:War culture.
Subjects:
1900-1999
War films > United States > History and criticism.
Women in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Women and war > United States > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Heroines in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Sex role in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Silent films > United States > History > 20th century.
Films de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Femmes au cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes et guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Héroïnes au cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rôle selon le sexe au cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Films muets > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS / General.
Heroines in motion pictures
Nationalism
Sex role in motion pictures
Silent films
War films
Women and war
Women in motion pictures
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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