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The male body at war : American masculinity during World War II / Christina S. Jarvis.
Van Pelt Library HQ1090.3 .J368 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jarvis, Christina S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men--United States--History--20th century.
- Masculinity--United States--History--20th century.
- Men in popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- War and society--United States--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.
- Human body--Social aspects--United States.
- Human body--Social aspects.
- War and society.
- History.
- Men in popular culture.
- Masculinity.
- Men.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- 1 Building the Body Politic: From the Depression to World War II 10
- 2 Classified Bodies: Screening, Sculpting, and Sexualizing Servicemen 56
- 3 Representing Wounded Bodies: Personal, Popular, and Medical Narratives 86
- 4 "White Man's War?": Race and Masculinity in World War II 119
- 5 (RE)Membering the Dead: From the Battlefield to the Home Front 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0875803229
- OCLC:
- 53178592
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