To Speed Our Boys Home... Produce and Conserve. Share and Play Square. Home Front Propaganda and Food during World War II: Rewriting Gender?

This article examines propaganda targeting American women during World War II, especially the numerous messages linked to the home and cooking. It shows that the posters and booklets issued by the federal government, along with advertising and cookbooks, constructed a very narrow class, gender, and...

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Main Author: Hélène Le Dantec-Lowry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2019-04-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/9725