The American Girl Goes to War Women and National Identity in U.S. Silent Film

New Books Network: New Books in Women's History interview with Liz Clarke- New Books Network: New Books in Women's History
"Brock prof's new book explores women, war and silent film," by Amanda Bishop- The Brock News
"This exciting, well-researched work crosses multidisciplinary boundaries and will be of value to those interested in cinema, gender studies, propaganda, history, and political science. Recommended for academic libraries."- Library Journal
"Documenting the many heroic women who populated war films of this era, Liz Clarke shows the strength and vitality of female characters onscreen, while remaining attentive to the key role that white femininity played in narratives of American national identity during this period. Framing her analysis within a rich cultural context, Clarke show how essential cinema was to evolving ideas about both nationhood and femininity in the first decades of the twentieth century."- Shelley Stamp, author of Movie-Struck Girls and Lois Weber in Early Hollywood