Beyond combat : women and gender in the Vietnam War era / Heather Marie Stur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stur, Heather Marie, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Women.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Female.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Women--United States--History--20th century.

Women.

Masculinity.

History.

Sex role.

United States.

Women--Vietnam--History--20th century.

Sex role--United States--History--20th century.

Sex role--Vietnam--History--20th century.

Masculinity--United States--History--20th century.

Masculinity--Vietnam--History--20th century.

Vietnam.

Physical Description:

xiii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"Beyond combat : women and gender in the Vietnam War incorporates new voices into the Vietnam War narrative by looking at women's experiences. It also examines the ways in which ideas about masculinity shaped the American GI experience in Vietnam, ultimately how some American men and women returned from Vietnam to challenge home front gender norms"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Vietnamese women in the American mind : gender, race, and the Vietnam War

"She could be the girl next door" : the Red Cross SRAO in Vietnam

"We weren't called soldiers, we were called ladies" : WACs and nurses in Vietnam

Gender and America's "faces of domination" in Vietnam

Liberating men and women : antiwar GIs speak out against the warrior myth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521762755

0521762758

9780521127417

0521127416

OCLC:

712983594