The Gray Area: Sexuality and Gender in Wartime Reevaluated

<p>These three works, two academic papers and one screenplay, challenge traditional notions of gender and sexuality during wartime. Queer Vietnam service members did not all experience oppression, all the time, but rather carved out a space for themselves amongst their peers. Female nurses in the early cold war could keep their careers in the medical field due to its unique gendered history despite demobilization efforts across the country in different industries. Finally, through the medium of historical fiction, a Civil War soldier’s fears and desires are questioned as he experiences the phenomenon of the Angel’s Glow, a blue light that somehow manifests in the wounds of some soldiers.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

War and Society

Year

2023

Author dc:creator

• Pendergraft, Natalie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alexander Bay
• Jennifer Keene
• Mateo Jarquin

• LGBT
• Vietnam War
• American Civil War
• Cold War
• Nursing
• Angel's Glow
• Cultural History
• History of Gender
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
• Military History
• Oral History
• Screenwriting
• Social History
• United States History
• Women's History
• Women's Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/war_and_society_theses/33

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.chapman.edu:war_and_society_theses-1033