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

By:

Donald, Ralph

Contributor(s):

MacDonald, Karen, 1947-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (v, 337 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781442234475
1442234474
1306637872
9781306637879
1442275634
9781442275638

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women in war filmsDDC classification:

791.43/6522 23

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.W3

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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.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index.

Includes filmography.

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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.

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