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Beyond combat : women and gender in the Vietnam War era / Heather Marie Stur.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 263 pISBN:
  • 9780521127417
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.704/3082 STU 2011 22
Contents:
Vietnamese women in the American mind: gender, race, and the Vietnam War -- "She could be the girl next door": the Red Cross SRAO in Vietnam -- "We weren't called soldiers, we were called ladies": WACs and nurses in Vietnam -- Gender and America's "faces of domination" in Vietnam -- Liberating men and women: antiwar GIs speak out against the warrior myth -- Conclusion: "You've come a long way ... maybe": gender after Vietnam.
Summary: "Beyond combat : women and gender in the Vietnam War incorporates new voices into the Vietnam War narrative by looking at women's experiences. It also examines the ways in which ideas about masculinity shaped the American GI experience in Vietnam, ultimately how some American men and women returned from Vietnam to challenge home front gender norms"--‰cProvided by publisher.
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Vietnamese women in the American mind: gender, race, and the Vietnam War -- "She could be the girl next door": the Red Cross SRAO in Vietnam -- "We weren't called soldiers, we were called ladies": WACs and nurses in Vietnam -- Gender and America's "faces of domination" in Vietnam -- Liberating men and women: antiwar GIs speak out against the warrior myth -- Conclusion: "You've come a long way ... maybe": gender after Vietnam.

"Beyond combat : women and gender in the Vietnam War incorporates new voices into the Vietnam War narrative by looking at women's experiences. It also examines the ways in which ideas about masculinity shaped the American GI experience in Vietnam, ultimately how some American men and women returned from Vietnam to challenge home front gender norms"--‰cProvided by publisher.

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