The Vietnam War in American memory : veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing /

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"A study of American attempts to come to terms with the legacy of the Vietnam War, this book highlights the central role played by Vietnam veterans in shaping public memory of the war. Tracing the evolution of the image of the Vietnam veteran from alienated dissenter to traumatized victim to no...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hagopian, Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2009.
Colección:Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
Temas:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
1961-1975
Public opinion > United States.
Mental healing > Political aspects > United States.
Mental healing > Social aspects > United States.
War memorials > Social aspects > United States.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Veterans > United States > Public opinion.
Veterans > Political activity > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States > Psychological aspects.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Social aspects > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > United States.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Guérison par l'esprit > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Guérison par l'esprit > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Monuments aux morts > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Anciens combattants > Activité politique > États-Unis.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Anciens combattants > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Memory > Social aspects
Mental healing > Social aspects
Psychological aspects
Public opinion
Social aspects
Veterans
Veterans > Political activity
Veterans > Public opinion
Denkmal
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Vietnamkrieg
United States
USA
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Never again: the Vietnam syndrome in American foreign policy
  • Something rather dark and bloody: atrocities, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the pathologization of Vietnam veterans
  • The discourse of healing and the black gash of shame: the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • A dangerous political issue: the war about memory in 1982
  • Home to America's heart: the national salute to Vietnam veterans
  • In unity and with resolve: the statue, the flag, and political speech at the Memorial
  • No shame or stigma: the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program
  • A confrontation between faiths: the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Today, we are one people: the family drama of race and gender in commemorative statuary of the Vietnam War
  • Our offspring: children in Vietnam veterans memorials
  • The wall is for all of us: patterns of public response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Conclusion: A statute of limitations: what healing from the war might mean.

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