| The Viet Nam War/The American War: Images and Representations in Euro-American and Vietnamese Exile Narratives Contributor(s): Christopher, Renny (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558490094 ISBN-13: 9781558490093 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 Annotation: "As far as I know, there has been no study like this one, which spans a broad range of Vietnamese and Euro-American works in a comparative context. Christopher's socioliterary exploration of the ways Asians have been imaged in the discourse of several wars and significant social events is brilliant". -- Vince Goteta |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 813.540 |
| LCCN: 95019687 |
| Lexile Measure: 1290 |
| Series: American Studies / Asian-American Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.95" W x 8.96" (1.19 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book seeks to reformulate the canon of writings on what is called the Viet Nam War in America and the American War in Viet Nam. Until recently, the accepted canon has consisted almost exclusively of American white male combat narratives, which often reflect and perpetuate Asian stereotypes. Renny Christopher introduces material that displays a bicultural perspective, including works by Vietnamese exile writers and by lesser-known Euro-Americans who attempt to bridge the cultural gap. Christopher traces the history of American stereotyping of Asians and shows how Euro-American ethnocentricity has limited most American authors' ability to represent fairly the Vietnamese in their stories. By giving us access to Vietnamese representations of the war, she creates a context for understanding the way the war was experienced from the other side, and she offers perceptive, well-documented analyses of how and why Americans have so emphatically excised the Vietnamese from narratives about a war fought in their own country. |