From the battlefront to the bridal suite : media coverage of British war brides, 1942-1946 /

From the battlefront to the bridal suite : media coverage of British war brides, 1942-1946 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Friedman, Barbara G., 1963-
Imprint:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 154 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	War brides -- Press coverage -- United States. War brides -- Press coverage -- Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Press coverage. World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States. World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain. Women. Press coverage. Social aspects. Women -- Press coverage. Great Britain. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11157716

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ISBN:	9780826265760 0826265766 9780826217189 0826217184
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	"Friedman reexamines the stories surrounding the influx of British war brides brought back to the United States by American GIs after WWII with a focus on media representations of sexuality and marriage in wartime, showing how mass media interpretations turned from public suspicion of war brides to popular acceptance"--Provided by publisher
Other form:	Print version: Friedman, Barbara G., 1963- From the battlefront to the bridal suite. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007 9780826217189 0826217184

Table of Contents:

The British war brides
Morality, marriage, and British hospitality
Can she be trusted? The war bride in armed services publications
In newspapers, waiting wives and pioneers
In magazines, "American husbands are A1"
Wedding bells in a war circle.