Description
Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the "American War" is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today--in official and unofficial histories and in everyday life. Schwenkel analyzes visual representations found in monuments and martyrs' cemeteries, museums, photography and art exhibits, battlefield tours, and related sites of "trauma tourism." In these transnational spaces, American and Vietnamese memories of the war intersect in ways profoundly shaped by global economic liberalization and the return of American citizens as tourists, pilgrims, and philanthropists.
Author: Christina Schwenkel
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780253220769
ISBN10: 0253220769
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- History | Asia | Southeast Asia
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
About the Author
Christina Schwenkel is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside.