The other side of grief : the home front and the aftermath in American narratives of the Vietnam War /

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While the best known personal accounts of the Vietnam War tend to center on the experience of combat, Maureen Ryan's The Other Side of Grief examines the often overlooked narratives - novels, short stories, memoirs, and films - that document the war's impact on the home front. In analyzing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ryan, Maureen, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2008.
Colección:Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Literature and the war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Soldiers' writings, American > History and criticism.
Exiles > Vietnam > Biography > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Soldiers in literature.
Peace movements in literature.
Prisoners of war in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Guerre dans la littérature.
Mouvements pacifistes dans la littérature.
Prisonniers de guerre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Soldiers' writings, American.
War and literature.
Heimatfront
Kriegsgefangener
Literatur
Vietnamkrieg
Nachkriegszeit
Vietnam.
USA.
"Multi-User"
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Personal narratives > American.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The Vietnam War and modern memory
  • MIA in America: Vietnam aftermath narratives
  • The other side of grief : American women writers and the Vietnam War
  • Years of darkness : narratives by and about American prisoners of the Vietnam War
  • The fugitive's hour : the counterculture and the Vietnam antiwar movement in American fiction
  • Something strange and extravagant : personal histories by Vietnam antiwar movement activists
  • People singing a sad song : Vietnamese exiles in American literature
  • Conclusion. We were all there.

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