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

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Donald, Ralph (Author), MacDonald, Karen, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Subjects:
War films > History and criticism.
Women in motion pictures.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction
  • Mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends: the Madonnas
  • Women as chattel
  • Women as prostitutes, "loose women", camp followers and the unfaithful
  • The hawksian woman
  • G.I. Jane and female resistance fighters
  • The female spy, or "Mata Hari"
  • Female nurses and doctors
  • A few concluding thoughts.