Victory girls, khaki-wackies, and patriotutes : the regulation of female sexuality during World War II / Marilyn E. Hegarty.
- Hegarty, Marilyn E.
- Date:
- 2010
- Books
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Publication/Creation
New York : New York University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2010.
Physical description
xi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contributors
Notes
Originally published: 2007, c2008.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-243) and index.
Contents
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.
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Location Status History of MedicineTP.6.AA9Open shelves
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ISBN
- 0814737048
- 9780814737040
- 9780814737392
- 0814737390