| Description |
1 online resource (v, 337 pages) |
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data file rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
This companion volume to Reel Men at War takes a look at how women have been portrayed in war films, from silents of the 1920s to films of the 21st century. The authors explore the full range of women on the home front, covering nurses and doctors on the war front and women in combat. Films examined include Wings, A Farewell to Arms, Since You Went Away, So Proudly We Hail, Mrs. Miniver, A Guy Named Joe, The Best Years of Our Lives, From Here to Eternity, M*A*S*H, Coming Home, Aliens, G.I. Jane, Courage under Fire, Starship Troopers, Inglorious Basterds, and Zero Dark Thirty. This volume also. |
| Subject |
War films -- History and criticism.
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Women in motion pictures.
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Sex role in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Sex role in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01114654
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War films. (OCoLC)fst01170482
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Women in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01177931
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
MacDonald, Karen, 1947- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Donald, Ralph. Women in war films 9781442234468 (DLC) 2013048582 (OCoLC)868397798 |
| ISBN |
9781442234475 (electronic bk.) |
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1442234474 (electronic bk.) |
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