The American girl goes to war : women and national identity in U.S. silent film / Liz Clarke.

"During the 1910s, films about war often featured a female protagonist. The films portrayed women as spies, cross-dressing soldiers, and athletic defenders of their homes-roles typically reserved for men and that contradicted gendered-expectations of home-front women waiting for their husbands, sons...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:War culture.
Main Author: Clarke, Liz, 1981- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Series:War culture.
Subjects:
War films > United States > History and criticism.
Women in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Women and war > United States > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Heroines in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Sex role in motion pictures > History > 20th century.
Silent films > United States > History > 20th century.
Films de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Femmes au cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes et guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Héroïnes au cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rôle selon le sexe au cinéma > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Films muets > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Heroines in motion pictures.
Nationalism.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Silent films.
War films.
Women and war.
Women in motion pictures.
United States.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:ix, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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