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From the battlefront to the bridal suite : media coverage of British war brides, 1942-1946 / Barbara G. Friedman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (x, 154 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826265760
  • 0826265766
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: From the battlefront to the bridal suite.DDC classification:
  • 070.4/49940531 22
LOC classification:
  • PN4784.W38 F75 2007eb
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Contents:
The British war brides -- Morality, marriage, and British hospitality -- Can she be trusted? The war bride in armed services publications -- In newspapers, waiting wives and pioneers -- In magazines, "American husbands are A1" -- Wedding bells in a war circle.
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Summary: "Friedman reexamines the stories surrounding the influx of British war brides brought back to the United States by American GIs after WWII with a focus on media representations of sexuality and marriage in wartime, showing how mass media interpretations turned from public suspicion of war brides to popular acceptance"--Provided by publisher
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"Friedman reexamines the stories surrounding the influx of British war brides brought back to the United States by American GIs after WWII with a focus on media representations of sexuality and marriage in wartime, showing how mass media interpretations turned from public suspicion of war brides to popular acceptance"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146) and index.

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The British war brides -- Morality, marriage, and British hospitality -- Can she be trusted? The war bride in armed services publications -- In newspapers, waiting wives and pioneers -- In magazines, "American husbands are A1" -- Wedding bells in a war circle.

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