News Coverage of U.S. Mothers of Soldiers During the Vietnam War

Shedding the image of Spartan motherhood

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12909151
AutoresKaren Slattery (0000-0001-7594-6202, Marquette University, autor correspondente), Ana C Garner (0000-0003-2415-7857, Marquette University, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginas265-278
Data de publicação2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2014.924735
OpenAlexW2111447196
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas17

The press of World Wars I and II depicted patriotic mothers as Spartan-like in their support of the nation's war effort. During the Vietnam War, another maternal image emerged to share cultural space with the Spartan mother, that of the goddess Thetis who objected to her son's participation in the Trojan War. This alternative maternal symbol more closely resembles the archetypal image of the peacetime good mother, who cares for her children and resists sending them into harm's way. This study documents coverage of maternal opposition to the Vietnam War against the backdrop of coverage of US mothers of soldiers in the earlier world wars. The comparison suggests that the Great Father's failure to control the press and promote the war to US citizens provided an opportunity for Thetis' rising

Economic history · Genealogy · Harm · Opposition (politics · Peacetime · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Vietnam War · World War II · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact