Tangled memories : the Vietnam War, the AIDS epidemic, and the politics of remembering /

This fascinating investigation into the production of American cultural memory focuses on two of the most traumatic and contested events in recent U.S. history: the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic. Each, Marita Sturken argues, disrupts our conventional understanding of nationhood, identity, and Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sturken, Marita, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1900-1999
Memory > Political aspects > United States.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence.
AIDS (Disease) > United States.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Influence.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Television and history > United States.
Motion pictures and history.
Memory.
Politics, Practical.
AIDS (Disease)
Memory
Politics
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Television
Motion Pictures as Topic
Mémoire > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Mythes politiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Sida > États-Unis.
Guerre du golfe Persique, 1991 > Influence.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Télévision et histoire > États-Unis.
Cinéma et histoire.
Mémoire.
Politique.
Sida.
Télévision.
politics.
television (telecommunication system)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Memory > Political aspects.
Political culture.
Popular culture.
Television and history.
Aids.
Golfkrieg > 1990-1991
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Vietnamkrieg
Collectief geheugen.
Vietnam-oorlog.
AIDS.
Politieke cultuur.
United States.
UNITED STATES.
USA.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Camera images and national meanings
  • The Wall and the screen memory: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Reenactment and the making of history: the Vietnam War as docudrama
  • Spectacles of memory and amnesia: remembering the Persian Gulf War
  • AIDS and the politics of representation
  • Conversations with the dead: bearing witness in the AIDS memorial quilt
  • Bodies of commemoration: the immune system and HIV
  • Afterword.

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