| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1 INDIAN COUNTRY REVISITED: The Persistence of John Wayne; 2 IMPERIAL ALLEGORIES: American Exceptionalism and Empire; 3 "BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE": Black Historical Authority and the Vietnam War; 4 GRUNTS: The Vernacular of Postmodernism; 5 HUMPING THE BOONIES: Women and the Memory of War; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Through the use of evidence from the film and popular fiction of Vietnam, Katherine Kinney draws a picture of a nation politically, culturally, and socially divided, and a war that has been memorialized as a contested site for art, media, politics, and ideology |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the war
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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War stories, American -- History and criticism
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War poetry, American -- History and criticism
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Group identity in literature.
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American literature
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Group identity in literature
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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War and literature
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War poetry, American
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War stories, American
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198027584 |
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0198027583 |
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1602567506 |
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9781602567504 |
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