Carried to the Wall American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Name: Carried to the Wall American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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ISBN: 9780520213173

ISBN-10: 0520213173

ISBN-13: 9780520213173

Edition: 1999

Authors: Kristin Ann Hass

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On May 9, 1990, a bottle of Jack Daniels, a ring with letter, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, a baseball, a photo album, an ace of spades, and a pie were some of the objects left at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. For Kristin Hass, this eclectic sampling represents an attempt by ordinary Americans to come to terms with a multitude of unnamed losses as well as to take part in the ongoing debate of how this war should be remembered. Hass explores the restless memory of the Vietnam War and an American public still grappling with its commemoration. In doing so it considers the ways Americans have struggled to renegotiate the meanings of national identity, patriotism, community, and the place…

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List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/7/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 205
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Restless Memory of War



Making a Memory of War: Building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial



Discovering the Memory of Bodies: A History of American War Memorials



Seashell Monuments and Cities for the Silent: American Funerary Traditions



The Things: Remembering Bodies and Remaking the Nation



"You Are Not Forgotten": Mourning for America


Epilogue: Public Memory at the End of the American Century


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index