The scar that binds : American culture and the Vietnam War /

The scar that binds : American culture and the Vietnam War / / Keith Beattie.

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At the height of the Vietnam War, American society was so severely fragmented that it seemed that Americans may never again share common concerns. The media and other commentators represented the impact of the war through a variety of rhetorical devices, most notably the emotionally charged metaphor...

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Beattie, Keith.
Year of Publication:1998
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Habeas Corpus and Common Sense
  • The Wound That Dare Not Speak Its Name
  • Stab Wounds
  • "Us" and "Them"
  • Healing
  • Vietnamnesia
  • The Personal Imperative
  • Rituals of the Community
  • The National Allegory
  • The Unhealed
  • Silencing the Messenger
  • "If I Only Had the Words"
  • A Unique War
  • You Had to Be There
  • Teaching the Truth
  • The Voice of Unity
  • Talking Back
  • The Home Front
  • Repatriation
  • The Therapeutic Family
  • Nostalgia
  • There's No Place Like It
  • Articulating Difference and Unity
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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