TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eyerman,Ron
AU  - Madigan,Todd
AU  - Ring,Magnus
TI  - Vietnam, A War, Not a Country
T2  - Heritage and Memory Studies
SN  - 9789048556397
U1  - 959.704/31 23//eng/20230509eng
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Amsterdam : 
PB  - Amsterdam University Press, 
KW  - Collective memory
KW  - United States
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Memory
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Influence
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Conflict and Peace
KW  - Contemporary Society
KW  - Heritage Studies
KW  - History, Art History, and Archaeology
KW  - Sociology and Social History
KW  - South East Asia
KW  - HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Vietnam War, Cultural Trauma, Arenas of Memory, Memorialisation
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface --; 1 Introduction: Cultural Trauma and the American-Vietnamese War --; 2 Cultural Trauma and Vietnamese Arenas of Memory --; 3 The Trauma of Vietnam: The American Perspective --; 4 Journey From the Fall --; 5 Cultural Trauma and Vietnamese-American Arenas of Memory --; 6 Conclusion: War, Trauma, and Beyond --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Vietnam: A War, Not a Country explores the conflicting ways in which the American-Vietnamese War has been collectively remembered and represented from the perspective of the war’s three primary belligerents: the Vietnamese communists, the South Vietnamese, and the Americans. The book examines how the three different collectives memorialize this traumatizing historical event. Within each of these three groups there exists a number of competing narratives, generating not only a sense of shared meaning and community, but also impassioned social conflict. In order to trace these narratives within each collectivity, the authors develop the concept of arenas of memory, distinct discourses that are tied to specific individuals, organizations, and institutions that advocate specific narratives through specific forms of media. Their analysis leads them to make the case as to whether each of these societies experienced a cultural trauma as a result of the way in which the war is remembered
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048556397?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048556397
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048556397/original
ER  -