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WOMEN ON THE HOMEFRONT
& FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN WARTIME PROPAGANDA
United States of America Germany
Antonio Fattore
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WOMEN ON THE HOMEFRONT & FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN WARTIME PROPAGANDA United States of America Germany Antonio Fattore WOMEN ON THE HOMEFRONT in the United States of America FEMALE REPRESENTATION in US Wartime Propaganda FIGURES OF
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v Symbol of American femininity and domesticity v “ A young, pretty, white, heterosexual, middle-class woman.” – Mathis, 1994 v Representation of the American Dream
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delicate and hopeless victims v “Defenseless without their men.” – Hamerow, 1979 v Reduces a woman’s agency
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