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The Other Side of Grief: The Home Front and the Aftermath in American Narratives of the Vietnam War (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
Maureen Ryan
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Description for The Other Side of Grief: The Home Front and the Aftermath in American Narratives of the Vietnam War (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
Paperback. Examines novels, short stories, memoirs, and films that document the Vietnam war's impact on the home front. This book focuses on the process of readjustment, on how the war continued to insinuate itself into their lives, their families, and their communities long after they returned home. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
This is a wide-ranging critical assessment of the cultural impact of America's longest war.The lingering aftereffects of the Vietnam War resonate to this day throughout American society: in foreign policy, in attitudes about the military and war generally, and in the contemporary lives of members of the so-called baby boom generation who came of age during the 1960s and early 1970s. While the best-known personal accounts of the war tend to center on the experience of combat, Maureen Ryan's ""The Other Side of Grief"" examines the often overlooked narratives - novels, short stories, memoirs, and films - that document the ... Read more
This is a wide-ranging critical assessment of the cultural impact of America's longest war.The lingering aftereffects of the Vietnam War resonate to this day throughout American society: in foreign policy, in attitudes about the military and war generally, and in the contemporary lives of members of the so-called baby boom generation who came of age during the 1960s and early 1970s. While the best-known personal accounts of the war tend to center on the experience of combat, Maureen Ryan's ""The Other Side of Grief"" examines the often overlooked narratives - novels, short stories, memoirs, and films - that document the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Politics & the Cold War
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496866
SKU
V9781558496866
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About Maureen Ryan
MAUREEN RYAN is professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Reviews for The Other Side of Grief: The Home Front and the Aftermath in American Narratives of the Vietnam War (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
What I especially like about The Other Side of Grief is the way it enlarges what most readers think of as 'Vietnam War literature.' By juxtaposing the canonical veteran novels and memoirs with those of women, former POWs, antiwar activists, and Vietnamese refugees, we gain a much richer and broader understanding of the impact of the war on the entire ... Read more