Soldiers' stories
Subtitle: military women in cinema and television since World War II
By: Yvonne Tasker
Publisher: Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780822348351; 9780822348474
Subjects: Women soldiers in mass media; War films; History and criticism; Women in motion pictures; Women and the military
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Auxiliary military women; title: Invisible soldiers : representing military nursing; title: Musical military women; title: Women on top : comedy, hierarchy, and the military woman; title: Military women and service comedy : M*A*S*H and Private Benjamin; title: Controversy, celebration, and scandal : military women in the news media; title: Conflict over combat : training and testing military women; title: Scandalous stories : military women as victims, avengers, and investigators.