Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity

by Amy Bentley

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Victory gardens, ration books. While men fought overseas, women fought the war at home, by going to work and, more subtly, by feeding their families. Mandatory food rationing during World War II challenged, for the first time, the image of the United States as a land of plenty and collapsed the boundaries between women's public and private lives by declaring home production and consumption to be political activities. In this fascinating cultural history,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252067274

ISBN13:9780252067273

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

20th Century Gender Studies Government History Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women in History Women's Studies World War II

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