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Author:

Stur, Heather Marie, 1975-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Women.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Female.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.
Women--United States--History--20th century.
Women--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Sex role--United States--History--20th century.
Sex role--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Masculinity--United States--History--20th century.
Masculinity--Vietnam--History--20th century.
HISTORY / United States / General

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0521127416 (pbk.)
9780521127417 (pbk.)
0521762758 (hardback)
9780521762755 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)712983594

LCCN:

2011015050

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)