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28%OFFMarita Sturken - Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering - 9780520206205 - V9780520206205
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Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering

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Description for Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering Paperback. Analyzing the ways US culture has been formed and transformed in the 80s and 90s by its response to the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic, this book argues that each has disrupted our conventional notions of community, nation, consensus, and 'American culture.' Num Pages: 375 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Analyzing the ways U.S. culture has been formed and transformed in the 80s and 90s by its response to the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic, Marita Sturken argues that each has disrupted our conventional notions of community, nation, consensus, and 'American culture.' She examines the relationship of camera images to the production of cultural memory, the mixing of fantasy and reenactment in memory, the role of trauma and survivors in creating cultural comfort, and how discourses of healing can smooth over the tensions of political events. Sturken's discussion encompasses a brilliant comparison of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
375
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
515 g
Number of Pages
375
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520206205
SKU
V9780520206205
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About Marita Sturken
Marita Sturken is Assistant Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.

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