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For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar) - Hardcover
World War I prompted the first massive organized propaganda campaign of the twentieth century. Posters, pamphlets, and other media spread fear about the OC Hun, OCO who was often depicted threatening American families in their homes, while additional campaigns encouraged Americans and their allies to support the war effort. With most men actively involved in warfare, women and children became a special focusOCoand a toolOCoof socialamanipulation during the war.For Home and Country examines the propaganda that targeted noncombatants on the home front in the United States and Europe during World War I. Cookbooks, popular magazines, romance novels, and government food agencies targeted women in their homes, especially their kitchens, pressuring them to change their domestic habits. Children were also taught to fear the enemy and support the war through propaganda in the form of toys, games, and books. And when women and children were not the recipients of propaganda, they were often used in propaganda to target men. By examining a diverse collection of literary texts, songs, posters, and toys, Celia Malone Kingsbury reveals how these pervasive materials were used to fight the warOCOs cultural battle."
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About the Author:
Kingsbury is visiting instructor of English at Florida State University. She was awarded the Conrad Young Scholar Award from the Joseph Conrad Society of America.
Review:
"Kingsbury writes with verve and spirit, extending the theory and impact of propaganda along new avenues of research, with interesting sociological and psychological analyses."—B. Adler, CHOICE (B. Adler CHOICE 2011-01-01)
"This is a valuable addition to the fields of twentieth-century history, communications history, and gender studies."—Greg Barnhisel, Journal of American History (Greg Barnhisel Journal of American History)
"This will be important reading for scholars of World War One in America, and those interested in popular fiction in the early 20th century."—Mark Whalan, American Studies (Mark Whalan American Studies)
"We very much need a history of popular literature during World War I, and to understand propaganda in its multiple forms, public and private."—Anthony Seeger, Indiana Magazine of History (Anthony Seeger Indiana Magazine of History)
"This is a valuable addition to the fields of twentieth-century history, communications history, and gender studies."—Greg Barnhisel, Journal of American History (Greg Barnhisel Journal of American History)
"This will be important reading for scholars of World War One in America, and those interested in popular fiction in the early 20th century."—Mark Whalan, American Studies (Mark Whalan American Studies)
"We very much need a history of popular literature during World War I, and to understand propaganda in its multiple forms, public and private."—Anthony Seeger, Indiana Magazine of History (Anthony Seeger Indiana Magazine of History)
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- PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0803228325
- ISBN 13 9780803228320
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages326
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