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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clarke, Liz, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Colección:War culture.
Temas:
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
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: The American Girl Goes to War
  • 1. American Girls and National Identity
  • 2. Fighting Femininity on Home Soil in Civil War Films, 1908-1916
  • 3. The American Revolution and Other Wars
  • 4. Featuring Preparedness and Peace: America and the European War, Part I
  • 5. From Serial Queens to Patriotic Heroines: America and the European War, Part II
  • 6. The American Girl and Wartime Patriotism
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Civil War Films, 1908-1916
  • Appendix 2: World War I Films, 1914-1919
  • Additional Filmography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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