The Resource Making war, making women : femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945, Melissa A. McEuen
Making war, making women : femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945, Melissa A. McEuen
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- Summary
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- Drawing On war propaganda, popular advertising, voluminous government records, and hundreds of letters and other accounts written by women in the 1940's, Melissa A. McEuen examines how extensively women's bodies and minds became "battlegrounds" in the U.S. fight for victory in World War II
- Women were encouraged to believe that the nation's success depended on their effortsùnot just on factory floors, but at their dressing tables, bathroom sinks, and laundry rooms. Scrutinized and sexualized in new ways, women understood that their faces, clothes, and comportment would indicate how seriously they took their responsibilities as citizens. McEuen also shows that the wartime rhetoric of freedom, democracy, and postwar opportunity coexisted uneasily with the realities of a racially stratified society. The context of war created and reinforced the desirability of whiteness, and McEuen explores how African Americans grappled with whiteness as representing the true American identity. --Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages)
- Contents
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- All-American masks : creaming and coloring the wartime face
- Tender hands and average legs : shaping disparate extremities
- Pleasant aromas and good scents : cleansing the body politic
- Proper attire and streamlined silhouettes : clothing the home front figure
- Sacrifice and agreeability : cultivating right minds
- Isbn
- 9780820337586
- Label
- Making war, making women : femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945
- Title
- Making war, making women
- Title remainder
- femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945
- Statement of responsibility
- Melissa A. McEuen
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- Advertising -- Clothing and dress
- Advertising -- Clothing and dress | History -- 20th century
- Advertising -- Cosmetics
- Advertising -- Cosmetics | History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Femininity
- Femininity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- United States
- Women
- Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Drawing On war propaganda, popular advertising, voluminous government records, and hundreds of letters and other accounts written by women in the 1940's, Melissa A. McEuen examines how extensively women's bodies and minds became "battlegrounds" in the U.S. fight for victory in World War II
- Women were encouraged to believe that the nation's success depended on their effortsùnot just on factory floors, but at their dressing tables, bathroom sinks, and laundry rooms. Scrutinized and sexualized in new ways, women understood that their faces, clothes, and comportment would indicate how seriously they took their responsibilities as citizens. McEuen also shows that the wartime rhetoric of freedom, democracy, and postwar opportunity coexisted uneasily with the realities of a racially stratified society. The context of war created and reinforced the desirability of whiteness, and McEuen explores how African Americans grappled with whiteness as representing the true American identity. --Book Jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McEuen, Melissa A.
- Dewey number
- 305.40973/09044
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ1420
- LC item number
- .M383 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- World War, 1939-1945
- Femininity
- Advertising
- Advertising
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Advertising
- Advertising
- Femininity
- Women
- United States
- Label
- Making war, making women : femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945, Melissa A. McEuen
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- All-American masks : creaming and coloring the wartime face -- Tender hands and average legs : shaping disparate extremities -- Pleasant aromas and good scents : cleansing the body politic -- Proper attire and streamlined silhouettes : clothing the home front figure -- Sacrifice and agreeability : cultivating right minds
- Control code
- 740435950
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780820337586
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt3q4v8n
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)740435950
- Label
- Making war, making women : femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945, Melissa A. McEuen
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- All-American masks : creaming and coloring the wartime face -- Tender hands and average legs : shaping disparate extremities -- Pleasant aromas and good scents : cleansing the body politic -- Proper attire and streamlined silhouettes : clothing the home front figure -- Sacrifice and agreeability : cultivating right minds
- Control code
- 740435950
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780820337586
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt3q4v8n
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)740435950
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Advertising -- Clothing and dress
- Advertising -- Clothing and dress | History -- 20th century
- Advertising -- Cosmetics
- Advertising -- Cosmetics | History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Femininity
- Femininity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- United States
- Women
- Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
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