220 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the memorializing practices of American veterans of the Vietnam War at several of the most significant contemporary sites of memory in the United States and Vietnam. These sites include veterans' memoirs, museum exhibits, replicas of the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and tourism to Vietnam. Because war memorializing has, since the late 1960s, shifted focus from national... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction: Revis(it)ing Vietnam 1 A Brief History of Memory 2 Trauma, Metaphors, and the Body 3 Moving Walls 4 Objects of War and Remembrance 5 Returning to Vietnam Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Bleakney, Julia
