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Entangling alliances : foreign war brides and American soldiers in the twentieth century / / Susan Zeiger



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Autore: Zeiger Susan <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Entangling alliances : foreign war brides and American soldiers in the twentieth century / / Susan Zeiger Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
Disciplina: 306.808835500973
Soggetto topico: Intercountry marriage - United States - History - 20th century
Military spouses - United States - History - 20th century
Soldiers - Family relationships - United States - History - 20th century
Soldiers - Sexual behavior - United States - History - 20th century
War brides - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: United States History, Military 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: 20th-century
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Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “Cupid in the AEF” -- 2 “The Worst Kind of Women” -- 3 GIs and Girls around the Globe -- 4 “Good Mothers” -- 5 Interracialism, Pluralism, and Civil Rights -- 6 The Demise of the War Bride -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
Sommario/riassunto: Throughout the twentieth century, American male soldiers returned home from wars with foreign-born wives in tow, often from allied but at times from enemy nations, resulting in a new, official category of immigrant: the “allied” war bride. These brides began to appear en masse after World War I, peaked after World War II, and persisted through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. GIs also met and married former “enemy” women under conditions of postwar occupation, although at times the US government banned such unions.In this comprehensive, complex history of war brides in 20th-century American history, Susan Zeiger uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. Entangling Alliances draws on a rich array of sources to trace how war and postwar anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides, and how these anxieties translate into public policies, particularly immigration.
Titolo autorizzato: Entangling alliances  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-9748-2
0-8147-9725-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813258603321
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