Mythologizing the Vietnam War: Visual Culture and Mediated Memory

by Jennifer Good

"The Vietnam War is evolving from contemporary memory into history. Fifty years on, it still serves as a benchmark in the history of war reporting and in the representation of conflict in popular culture and historical memory. However, as contemporary culture tries to come to terms with the events and their political, psychological and cultural implications, the 'real' Vietnam War has been appropriated and changed into a set of mythologies which implicate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443854425
• ISBN13: 9781443854429
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.1"