{"product_id":"eating-for-victory-food-rationing-and-the-politics-of-domesticity-9780252067273","title":"Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity\u003c\/strong\u003e by Bentley, Amy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780252067273.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictory gardens, ration books.\nWhile men fought overseas, women fought the war at home, by going to work\nand, more subtly, by feeding their families. Mandatory food rationing\nduring World War II challenged, for the first time, the image of the United\nStates as a land of plenty and collapsed the boundaries between womens\npublic and private lives by declaring home production and consumption\nto be political activities.\nIn this fascinating cultural\nhistory, Amy Bentley examines the food-related propaganda surrounding\nrationing. She also explores the dual message purveyed by government and\nthe media that while mandatory rationing was necessary (enabling enough\nfood to be sent to the U.S. military and Allies overseas), women, black\nand white, were also \"required\" to provide their families with nutritious\nfood.\nEating for Victory\nexplores the role of the Wartime Homemaker (media counterpart to the more\nfamiliar Rosie the Riveter) as a pivotal component not only of World War\nII but of the development of the United States into a superpower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45788506226741,"sku":"ByrdShop_0252067274","price":239.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780252067273_77ed274d-d9b2-4c3f-a345-5992455fa0d9_3d9a23cc-0c5f-4c4d-bab9-f677a615e841_a0714b92-d804-4e82-bc06-dc3bda84a247.jpg?v=1790288095","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/eating-for-victory-food-rationing-and-the-politics-of-domesticity-9780252067273","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}