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Author Donald, Ralph, author.

Title Women in war films : from helpless heroine to G.I. Jane / Ralph R. Donald, Karen MacDonald.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  791.4365 D675W    Check Shelf
Description v, 337 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Contents An introduction -- Mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends: the Madonnas -- Women as chattel -- Women as prostitutes, "loose women", camp followers and the unfaithful -- The hawksian woman -- G.I. Jane and female resistance fighters -- The female spy, or "Mata Hari" -- Female nurses and doctors -- A few concluding thoughts.
Subject War films -- History and criticism.
Women in motion pictures.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Added Author MacDonald, Karen, 1947- author.
ISBN 9781442234468 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442234466 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442234475 (ebook : alk. paper)
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