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.

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-243) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    TP.6.AA9
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ISBN

  • 0814737048
  • 9780814737040
  • 9780814737392
  • 0814737390