From the Battlefront to the Bridal Suite

by Friedman, Barbara G.

• ISBN13: 9780826217189
• ISBN10: 0826217184
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr

Summary

With their gregarious natures and casual styles, American GIs in wartime England were instantly attractive to British women-especially in the absence of their fighting men. As a result, some seventy thousand British war brides returned to the United States. The war bridesrs" stories have been told in memoirs, romantic novels, and immigration history. Barbara Friedman sheds new light on their experiences by focusing on media representations of sexuality and marriage in wartime, showing how mass media interpretations turned from public suspicion of war brides to popular acceptance.From the Battlefront to the Bridal Suiteis the untold story of women whose lives were shaped profoundly by a war that was more than just a male enterprise. It shows the power of the press in the most unlikely matters and suggests a broader definition of the wartime experience.

Author Biography

Barbara G. Friedman is Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Table of Contents

The British war brides	p. 13
Morality, marriage, and British hospitality	p. 35
Can she be trusted? : the war bride in armed services publications	p. 67
In newspapers, waiting wives and pioneers	p. 85
In magazines, "American husbands are A1"	p. 105
Wedding bells in a war circle	p. 121
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