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Nothing ever dies Vietnam and the memory of war

From a kaleidoscope of cultural forms novels, memoirs, cemeteries, monuments, films, photography, museum exhibits, video games, souvenirs, and more, this book brings a vision of the war into sharp focus. At stake are ethical questions about how the war should be remembered by participants that inclu...

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Main Author: Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Social aspects.
Memory > Sociological aspects.
War and society.
Art and war.
Identity (Psychology) in art.
Summary: From a kaleidoscope of cultural forms novels, memoirs, cemeteries, monuments, films, photography, museum exhibits, video games, souvenirs, and more, this book brings a vision of the war into sharp focus. At stake are ethical questions about how the war should be remembered by participants that include not only Americans and Vietnamese but also Laotians, Cambodians, South Koreans, and Southeast Asian Americans. Too often, memorials valorize the experience of one's own people above all else, honoring their sacrifices while demonizing the enemy or, most often, ignoring combatants and civilians on the other side altogether. Visiting sites across the United States, Southeast Asia, and Korea, Viet Thanh Nguyen provides interpretations of the way memories of the war help to enable future wars or struggle to prevent them.
Physical Description: viii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-352) and index.
ISBN: 9780674660342
067466034X
Author Notes: Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Ban Me Thuot, Viet Nam. In 1975, he came to the United States as a refugee with his family. He received degrees in English and ethnic studies from the University of California Berkeley. After receiving a Ph.D. in English from Berkeley, he began teaching at the University of Southern California and has been there ever since. He is an associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity.

He is the author of Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America and Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. The novel The Sympathizer won the First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction, the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Fiction, and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His latsest novel is The Refugees. He co-edited Transpacific Studies: Framing an Emerging Field with Janet Hoskins.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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