The American Girl Goes to War: Women and National Identity in U.S. Silent Film by Liz Clarke

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The American Girl Goes to War: Women and National Identity in U.S. Silent Film

Liz Clarke

184 pages paperback 2022

3 editions

nonfiction gender history
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 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-expectation...

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