Vietnam and Other American Fantasies
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challenges to unified historical vision
competing stories of the American past
complexity of lived social experience
contested meanings of patriotism
critiques of overarching historical models
cultural reckoning after major conflict
debates over coherence in historical writing
deconstruction of grand historical arcs
diverse lenses for viewing national experience
dynamic approaches to cultural identity
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evolving discourse on social meaning
fractured interpretations of U.S. identity
fragmented interpretations of national life
humanities-driven reflections on truth
ideological divides in cultural analysis
influence of academic theory on memory
influence of theory on historical reading
intellectual movements challenging uniformity
intellectual responses to upheaval
interpretive frameworks shaped by conflict
legacy of conflict on collective memory
modern approaches to interpreting the past
modern skepticism toward unified stories
narrative craft as a mode of insight
narrative forms as tools for meaning-making
narrative plurality in contemporary thought
philosophical perspectives on storytelling
pluralistic understandings of society
postwar cultural debates
reconciling multiplicity within culture
reevaluation of cultural self-image
reinterpretation of civic ideals
rethinking national mythology
role of imagination in understanding reality
shifting frameworks for public memory
tensions between nostalgia and critique
tensions between structure and chaos in storytelling
Product details
- ISBN 9781558493322
- Weight: 434g
- Dimensions: 156 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 25 Oct 2001
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This work is a cultural history of the Vietnam War and its continuing impact upon contemporary American society. The author presents an investigation of how myths about the war evolved and why people depend on them to answer the confusing questions that have become the legacy of the war. Memories change and reconstruct the past, and in this text, the author argues that the American memory of Vietnam has left fact and experience behind so that what remains is myth and denial.
H. BRUCE FRANKLIN is the John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at Rutgers University in Newark. Among his books are M.I.A. or Myth-making in America and War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination.
