Creating GI Jane

Creating GI Jane
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0231101457
ISBN-13 : 9780231101455
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Book Synopsis Creating GI Jane by : Leisa D. Meyer

Download or read book Creating GI Jane written by Leisa D. Meyer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the war years. The book chronicles the efforts of the female WAC administration to counter public controversy by controlling the type of women recruited and regulating service-women's behavior. Reflecting and reinforcing contemporary sexual stereotypes, the WAC administration recruited the most "respectable" white middle-class women, limited the number of women of color, and screened against lesbian enlistments. As Meyer demonstrates, the military establishment also.


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