Women in war films : from helpless heroine to G.I. Jane /

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Author / Creator:	Donald, Ralph, author.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (v, 337 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	War films -- History and criticism. Women in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. Sex role in motion pictures. War films. Women in motion pictures. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404588

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Other authors / contributors:	MacDonald, Karen, 1947- author.
ISBN:	9781442234475 1442234474 1306637872 9781306637879 9781442234468 1442234466 1442275634 9781442275638
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This companion volume to Reel Men at War takes a look at how women have been portrayed in war films, from silents of the 1920s to films of the 21st century. The authors explore the full range of women on the home front, covering nurses and doctors on the war front and women in combat. Films examined include Wings, A Farewell to Arms, Since You Went Away, So Proudly We Hail, Mrs. Miniver, A Guy Named Joe, The Best Years of Our Lives, From Here to Eternity, MAS*H, Coming Home, Aliens, G.I. Jane, Courage under Fire, Starship Troopers, Inglorious Basterds, and Zero Dark Thirty. This volume also.
Other form:	Print version: Donald, Ralph. Women in war films 9781442234468

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