03838nam 2200697Ia 450 991080886790332120200520144314.01-283-16446-997866131644690-8203-3758-72027/heb34638(CKB)2550000000040843(OCoLC)740435950(CaPaEBR)ebrary10484315(SSID)ssj0000524030(PQKBManifestationID)11347426(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524030(PQKBWorkID)10543639(PQKB)11007251(MdBmJHUP)muse14505(Au-PeEL)EBL3038985(CaPaEBR)ebr10484315(CaONFJC)MIL316446(MiAaPQ)EBC3038985(dli)HEB34638.0001.001(MiU)MIU346380001001(EXLCZ)99255000000004084320100524d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaking war, making women femininity and duty on the American home front, 1941-1945 /Melissa A. McEuenFirst edition.Athens University of Georgia Pressc20111 online resource (287 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8203-2904-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.All-American masks : creaming and coloring the wartime face -- Tender hands and average legs : shaping disparate extremities -- Pleasant aromas and good scents : cleansing the body politic -- Proper attire and streamlined silhouettes : clothing the home front figure -- Sacrifice and agreeability : cultivating right minds.The author examines how extensively women's bodies and minds became "battlegrounds" in the U.S. fight for victory in World War II. Women were led to believe that the nation's success depended on their efforts, not just on factory floors, but at their dressing tables, bathroom sinks, and laundry rooms. They were to fill their arsenals with lipstick, nail polish, creams, and cleansers in their battles to meet the standards of ideal womanhood touted in magazines, newspapers, billboards, posters, pamphlets and in the rapidly expanding pinup genre. Scrutinized and sexualized in new ways, women understood that their faces, clothes, and comportment would indicate how seriously they took their responsibilities as citizens. The author also shows that the wartime rhetoric of freedom, democracy, and postwar opportunity coexisted uneasily with the realities of a racially stratified society. The context of war created and reinforced whiteness, and McEuen explores how African Americans grappled with whiteness as representing the true American identity. Using perspectives of cultural studies and feminist theory, this book offers a broad look at how women on the American home front grappled with a political culture that used their bodies in service of the war effort.WomenUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945United StatesFemininityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAdvertisingCosmeticsHistory20th centuryAdvertisingClothing and dressHistory20th centuryWomenHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945FemininityHistoryAdvertisingCosmeticsHistoryAdvertisingClothing and dressHistory305.40973/09044McEuen Melissa A.1961-1616950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808867903321Making war, making women4078545UNINA