
Nothing Ever Dies
Vietnam and the Memory of War
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: viii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Exploring how this troubled memory works in Vietnam, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and South Korea, the book deals specifically with the Vietnam War and also war in general. He reveals how war is a part of our identity, as individuals and as citizens of nations armed to the teeth. Venturing through literature, film, monuments, memorials, museums, and landscapes of the Vietnam War, he argues that an alternative to nationalism and war exists in art, created by artists who adhere to no nation but the imagination."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Just memory -- Ethics: -- On remembering one's own -- On remembering others -- On the inhumanities -- Industries: -- On war machines -- On becoming human -- On asymmetry -- Aesthetics -- On victims and voices -- On true war stories -- On powerful memory -- Just forgetting.
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Art and the war.
Memory -- Sociological aspects.
War and society.
Art and war.
Identity (Psychology) in art.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Art and the war.
Memory -- Sociological aspects.
War and society.
Art and war.
Identity (Psychology) in art.
ISBN:
9780674660342
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Vietnam Ngu | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War Vietnam Ngu | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-352) and index.