Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 188 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520920705
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0520920708
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0585054231
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9780585054230
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-179) and index
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hass, Kristin Ann, 1965- Carried to the wall Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998 ISBN 0520204131
Language:
English
