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Warring over valor : how race and gender shaped American military heroism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries / edited by Simon Wendt.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Wendt, Simon, editor.
Series:
War culture
War culture.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Heroes--United States--History--20th century.
Heroes.
Heroes--United States--History--21st century.
Armed Forces--Minorities.
Armed Forces.
Minorities.
History.
United States--Armed Forces--Minorities--History--20th century.
United States.
United States--Armed Forces--Minorities--History--21st century.
United States--History, Military--20th century.
History, Military.
United States--History, Military--21st century.
Genre:
History.
Military history.
Physical Description:
pages cm.
Place of Publication:
New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Contents:
The end of military heroism? The American Legion and "service" between the Wars / George Lewis
GI Joe Nisei: The invention of World War II's iconic Japanese American soldier / Ellen D. Wu
Instrument of subjugation or avenue for liberation? Black military heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War / Simon Wendt
"Warriors in uniform": Race, masculinity, and martial valor among native American veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and beyond / Matthias Voigt
My Lai: The crisis of American military heroism in the Vetnam War / Steve Estes
Leonard Matlovich: From military hero to gay rights poster boy / Simon Hall
Displaying heroism: Media images of the weary soldier in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War / Amy Lucker
"From louboutins to combat boots"? The negotiation of a twenty-first-century female warrior image in American popular culture and literature / Sarah Makeschin
From warrior to soldier? Lakota veterans on military valor / Sonja John
Virtual warfare: Video games, drones, and the reimagination of heroic
Masculinity / Carrie Andersen.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780813597546
0813597544
9780813597539
0813597536
OCLC:
1035811496
Publisher Number:
99978580903

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