The scar that binds American culture and the Vietnam War
At the height of the Vietnam War, American society was so severely fragmented that it seemed that Americans may never again share common concerns. The media and other commentators represented the impact of the war through a variety of rhetorical devices, most notably the emotionally charged metaphor...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c1998.
New York, NY : [1998] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432630006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Habeas Corpus and Common Sense
- The Wound That Dare Not Speak Its Name
- Stab Wounds
- "Us" and "Them"
- Healing
- Vietnamnesia
- The Personal Imperative
- Rituals of the Community
- The National Allegory
- The Unhealed
- Silencing the Messenger
- "If I Only Had the Words"
- A Unique War
- You Had to Be There
- Teaching the Truth
- The Voice of Unity
- Talking Back
- The Home Front
- Repatriation
- The Therapeutic Family
- Nostalgia
- There's No Place Like It
- Articulating Difference and Unity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
