Soldiers' Stories: Military Women in Cinema and Television since World War II

by Yvonne Tasker

Book Overview

From Skirts Ahoy to M*A*S*H , Private Benjamin , G.I. Jane , and JAG , films and television shows have grappled with the notion that military women are contradictory figures, unable to be both effective soldiers and appropriately feminine. In Soldiers' Stories , Yvonne Tasker traces this perceived paradox across genres including musicals, screwball comedies, and action thrillers. She explains how, during the Second World War, women were portrayed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822348470
• ISBN13: 9780822348474
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"