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The Viet Nam War/the American war : images and representations in Euro-American and Vietnamese exile narratives
- Title
- The Viet Nam War/the American war : images and representations in Euro-American and Vietnamese exile narratives / Renny Christopher.
- Author
- Christopher, Renny.
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS228.V5 C47 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 341 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- This book seeks to reformulate the canon of writings on what is called "the Viet Nam War" in America and "the American War" in Viet Nam. Until recently, the accepted canon has consisted almost exclusively of American white male combat narratives, which often reflect and perpetuate Asian stereotypes. Renny Christopher introduces material that displays a bicultural perspective, including works by Vietnamese exile writers and by lesser-known Euro-Americans who attempt to bridge the cultural gap.
- Christopher traces the history of American stereotyping of Asians and shows how Euro-American ethnocentricity has limited most American authors' ability to represent fairly the Vietnamese in their stories. By giving us access to Vietnamese representations of the war, she creates a context for understanding the way the war was experienced from the "other" side, and she offers perceptive, well-documented analyses of how and why Americans have so emphatically excised the Vietnamese from narratives about a war fought in their own country.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Literature and the war
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Vietnamese Americans > Biography > History and criticism
- Vietnamese literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Exiles > Vietnam > Biography > History and criticism
- Comparative literature > American and Vietnamese
- Comparative literature > Vietnamese and American
- Soldiers' writings, American > History and criticism
- War stories, American > History and criticism
- Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 20th century
- Exiles
- American literature
- Literature
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Soldiers' writings, American
- Vietnamese Americans > Biography
- Vietnamese literature
- War and literature
- War stories, American
- Vietnamkrieg
- Bericht
- Vietnamesischer Flüchtling
- Vietnamkrieg Motiv
- Literatur
- Roman
- Guerre du Viet-Nam (1961-1975) > Littérature et guerre
- Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
- Littérature vietnamienne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
- Littérature comparée > Américaine et vietnamienne
- Littérature comparée > Vietnamienne et américaine
- Écrits de soldats américains > Histoire et critique
- Récits de guerre américians > Histoire et critique
- guerre du Vietnam (thème artistique ou littéraire) > littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) > 20e s. (2e moitié)
- Américain d'origine vietnamienne (peuple) > guerre du Vietnam (thème artistique ou littéraire) > littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) > 20e s. (2e moitié)
- Vietnam > In literature
- Vietnam
- USA
- Viet-Nam > Dans la littérature
- Europäer
- Amerikaner
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-337) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vietnamese Exile Narratives -- 3. U.S. Wars in Asia and the Representation of Asians -- 4. Euro-American Representations of the Vietnamese -- 5. Conclusion: Ban tri am.
- ISBN
- 1558490086
- 9781558490086
- 1558490094
- 9781558490093
- LCCN
- 95019687
- OCLC
- ocm32589796
- 32589796
- SCSB-2075714
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library