The scar that binds : American culture and the Vietnam War

The scar that binds : American culture and the Vietnam War / Keith Beattie.

Author/creator	Beattie, Keith
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, ©1998.
Description	ix, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence. United States--Civilization --1945-

Contents	Habeas-corpus and common sense -- The wound that dare not speak its name -- Stab wounds -- "Us" and "them" -- Healing -- Vietnamnesia -- The personal imperative -- Rituals of the community -- The national allegory -- The unhealed -- Silencing the messenger -- "If I only had the words" -- A unique war -- You had to be there -- Teaching the truth -- The voice of unity -- Talking back -- The home front -- Repatriation -- The therapeutic family -- Nostalgia -- There's no place like it -- Articulating difference and unity.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-220) and index.
LCCN	97045456
ISBN	0814713262 (acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS558 .B4 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold