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Critical accommodations: Washington, Hollywood, and the World War II housing shortage
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posted on 2023-06-08, 08:12 authored by Frank KrutnikThis article explores the extraordinary currency that the Washington housing crisis achieved during World War as a topic of popular joking. Looking at films, radio broadcasts, posters and other contemporary materials, I argue that the housing crisis provided a cultural scenario through which wartime audiences and the popular media could address (and express) ambivalent responses to the official paradigms of dutiful citizenship. In particular, I examine how a cycle of Hollywood films, mostly romantic comedies, make use of the housing crisis as a springboard for stories that examine the broader social and emotional accommodations required within the mobilized culture of wartime.
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Journal of American CultureISSN
1542-7331Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellExternal DOI
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4Volume
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417-433Pages
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- Media and Film Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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