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Forgotten men and fallen women : the cultural politics of New Deal narratives
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Forgotten men and fallen women : the cultural politics of New Deal narratives / Holly Allen.
ISBN
9780801453571
0801453577
Publication
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University, 2015.
Physical Description
257 pages ; 25 cm
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 03, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : more terrible than the sword : emotions, facts, and gendered New Deal narratives
The war to save the forgotten man : gender, citizenship, and the politics of work relief
Uncle Sam's wayside inns : transient narratives and the sexual politics of the emergent welfare state
Builder of men : homosociality and the nationalist accents of the Civilian Conservation Corps
To wallop the ladies : woman-blaming and nation-saving in the rhetoric of emergency relief
Civilian protectors and meddlesome women : gendering the war effort through the Office of Civilian Defense
The citizen-soldier and the citizen-internee : fraternity, race, and American nationhood, 1942-1946
Conclusion : stories of homecoming : deserving GIs and faithless service wives.
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