The American War in Contemporary Vietnam: Transnational Remembrance and Representation

by Christina Schwenkel

Book Overview

Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the "American War" is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today--in official and unofficial histories and in everyday life. Schwenkel analyzes visual representations found in monuments and martyrs' cemeteries, museums, photography and art exhibits, battlefield tours, and related sites of "trauma tourism." In these transnational spaces, American and Vietnamese memories of the war intersect in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253220769
• ISBN13: 9780253220769
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher