Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes: The Regulation of Female Sexuality During World War II

by Marilyn Hegarty

Book Overview

Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes offers a counter-narrative to the story of Rosie the Riveter, the icon of female patriotism during World War II. With her fist defiantly raised and her shirtsleeves rolled up, Rosie was an asexual warrior on the homefront. But thousands of women supported the war effort not by working in heavy war industries, but by providing morale-boosting services to soldiers, ranging from dances at officers'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814737048
• ISBN13: 9780814737040
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"