Reading Vietnam Amid the War on Terror
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Reading Vietnam Amid the War on Terror

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Reading Vietnam Amid the War on Terror

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Argues that the examination of contemporary American war narratives can lead to newfound understandings of American literature, American history, and American national purpose. To prove such a contention, the book blends literary, rhetorical, and cultural methods of analysis.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2012
ISBN
9781137011411
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
North American Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: American Myth, Vietnam, and the Prospect of Repetition
  8. 1 Philip Caputo’s Deconstruction of the Warrior-Hero Ideal
  9. 2 Michael Herr’s Dispatches and the Allure of Combat
  10. 3 The Perversion of Labor in Larry Heinemann’s Vietnam
  11. 4 Tim O’Brien’s Search for an Ideal Femininity
  12. 5 Community in Bobbie Ann Mason’s War Fiction
  13. Notes
  14. Works Cited
  15. Index