How the War Was Remembered: Hollywood and Vietnam

by Albert Auster and Leonard Quart

Book Overview

One way to analyze the intensely conflicting feelings Americans hold toward the Vietnam War is to see how the war has been portrayed through film. How the War Was Remembered is the first book to analyze Vietnam War films. Auster and Quart create a typology of these films based on their connection to sociohistorical currents such as the Wounded Hero, Superman, Hunter/Hero, and the Survivor. They also combine aesthetic analysis with a social,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275923835
• ISBN13: 9780275923839
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"