Victimhood in American Narratives of the War in Vietnam
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This book revisits the American canon of novels, memoirs, and films about the war in Vietnam, in order to reassess critically the centrality of the discourse of American victimization in the countrys imagination of the conflict, and to trace the strategies of representation that establish American soldiers and veterans as the most significant victims of the war. By investigating in detail the imagery of the Vietnamese landscape recreated by American authors and directors, the volume explores the proposition that Vietnam has been turned into an American myth, demonstrating that the process resulted in a dehistoricization and mystification of the conflict that obscured its historical and political realities. Against this background, representations of the wars victims-Vietnamese civilians and American soldiers-are then considered in light of their ideological meanings and uses. Ultimately, the book seeks to demonstrate how, in a relation of power, the question of victimhood can become ideologized, transforming into both a discourse and a strategy of representation-and in doing so, to demythologize something of the "Vietnam" of American cultural narrative.
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Author: Aleksandra Musial
Format: Hardback | 210 pages
Dimensions:152 x 229 x 19.05mm | 454g
Publication Date: 06 Mar 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0367438038
ISBN 13: 9780367438036