From the Battlefront to the Bridal Suite: Media Coverage of British War Brides, 1942-1946

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University of Missouri Press, 2007 - 154 strani
"Friedman reexamines the stories surrounding the influx of British war brides brought back to the United States by American GIs after WWII with a focus on media representations of sexuality and marriage in wartime, showing how mass media interpretations turned from public suspicion of war brides to popular acceptance"--Provided by publisher.
 

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Introduction
1
1 The BritishWar Brides
13
2 Morality Marriage and British Hospitality
35
3 Can She Be Trusted?
67
4 In Newspapers Waiting Wives and Pioneers
85
5 In Magazines American Husbands Are A1
105
6 Wedding Bells in a War Circle
121
Selected Bibliography
135
Index
147
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