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The Oriental obscene : violence and racial fantasies in the Vietnam era /

This book explores the impact of media representations of violence during the Vietnam War on people in the U.S.-specifically how images of violence done to and by the Vietnamese were traumatic in ways that deeply affected the American psyche.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chong, Sylvia Shin Huey, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : specters of Vietnam
  • Bringing the war home : spectacles of violence and rebellion in the American 1968
  • Reporting the war : ethical crises of action in the movement-image of Vietnam
  • Restaging the war : fantasizing defeat in Hollywood's Vietnam
  • Kung Fu fighting : pacifying and mastering the martial body
  • Being Bruce Lee : death and the limits of the movement-image of martial arts
  • Conclusion : returning to 'Nam : the Vietnam veteran's orientalized body.