ISBN:
9780814737262
,
0814737269
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 251 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Victory girls, khaki-wackies, and patriotutes
DDC:
306.7082097309044
Keywords:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
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Women Sexual behavior
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History
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United States
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World War, 1939-1945 Women
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United States
;
Soldiers Sexual behavior
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United States
;
Sexual ethics for women History
;
United States
;
Soldiers Sexual behavior
;
Sexual ethics for women History
;
Women Sexual behavior
;
History
;
World War, 1939-1945 Women
;
Soldiers Sexual behavior
;
Sexual ethics for women History
;
Women Sexual behavior
;
History
;
World War, 1939-1945 Women
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World War II
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Sexual Behavior History
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Women
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PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality
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SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction
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Sexual ethics for women
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Soldiers ; Sexual behavior
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Women
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Women ; Sexual behavior
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Frau
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Prostitution
;
Sexualethik
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Soldat
;
Weltkrieg
;
Militär
;
Frau
;
History
;
Electronic books
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United States
;
USA
;
United States
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
"Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes offers a counter-narrative to the story of Rosie the Riveter, the icon of female patriotism during World War II. With her fist defiantly raised and her shirtsleeves rolled up, Rosie was an asexual warrior on the homefront. But thousands of women supported the war effort not by working in heavy war industries, but by providing morale-boosting services to soldiers, ranging from dances at officers' clubs to more blatant forms of sexual services, such as prostitution."
Abstract:
"Marilyn E. Hegarty explores the dual discourse on female sexual mobilization that emerged during the war, in which agencies of the state both required and feared women's support for, and participation in, wartime services. The equation of female desire with deviance simultaneously over-sexualized and desexualized many women, who nonetheless made choices that not only challenged gender ideology but defended their right to remain in public spaces."--Jacket
Abstract:
"While the de-sexualized Rosie was celebrated, women who used their sexuality - either intentionally or inadvertently - to serve their country encountered a contradictory morals campaign launched by government and social agencies, which shunned female sexuality while valorizing masculine sexuality. This double standard was accurately summed up by a government official who dubbed these women "patriotutes": part patriot, part prostitute."
Abstract:
The long arm of the state -- Prelude to war -- "Reservoirs of infection": science, medicine, and contagious bodies -- "A buffer of whores": military and social ambivalence about sexuality and gender -- "Spell 'IT' to the marines": the contradictory messages of popular culture -- Behind the lines: the war against women.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index. - Description based on print version record
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