Ghosts of War in Vietnam

Name: Ghosts of War in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9781107659421

ISBN-10: 1107659426

ISBN-13: 9781107659421

Edition: 2013

Authors: Heonik Kwon

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This is a fascinating study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering souls of the war dead. These ghosts of war play an important part in postwar Vietnamese historical narrative and imagination and Heonik Kwon explores the intimate ritual ties with these unsettled identities which still survive in Vietnam today as well as the actions of those who hope to liberate these hidden but vital historical presences from their uprooted social existence. Taking a unique approach to the cultural history of war, he introduces gripping stories about spirits claiming social justice and about his own efforts to wrestle with the…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 234
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English