Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xi, 340 p.; 25 cm.

Series statement

1. Culture, politics, and the cold war

Subject

1. Soldiers' writings, American > History and criticism
2. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American
3. Soldiers in literature
4. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
5. War in literature
6. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Literature and the war
7. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence
8. Exiles > Vietnam > Biography > History and criticism
9. Prisoners of war in literature
10. Peace movements in literature

Contents

1. Introduction: the Vietnam War and modern memory -- MIA in America: Vietnam aftermath narratives -- The other side of grief: American women writers and the Vietnam War -- Years of darkness: narratives by and about American prisoners of the Vietnam War -- The fugitive's hour: the counterculture and the Vietnam antiwar movement in American fiction -- Something strange and extravagant: personal histories by Vietnam antiwar movement activists -- People singing a sad song: Vietnamese exiles in American literature -- Conclusion: we were all there.

Call number

1. JFE 09-1873

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-329) and index.

Author

1. Ryan, Maureen, 1953-

Title

1. The other side of grief : the home front and the aftermath in American narratives of the Vietnam War / Maureen Ryan.

Imprint

1. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2008.

Series

1. Culture, politics, and the cold war

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-329) and index.

LCCN

1. 2008031444

ISBN

1. 9781558496866 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2. 1558496866 (pbk. : alk. paper)
3. 9781558496859 (library cloth : alk. paper)
4. 1558496858 (library cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 09-1873