Reading Vietnam Amid the War on Terror [electronic resource] /
Hawkins, T.author.
Argues that the examination of contemporary American war narratives can lead to newfound understandings of American literature, American history, and American national purpose. To prove such a contention, the book blends literary, rhetorical, and cultural methods of analysis.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: American Myth, Vietnam, and the Prospect of Repetition; 1 Philip Caputo's Deconstruction of the Warrior-Hero Ideal; 2 Michael Herr's Dispatches and the Allure of Combat; 3 The Perversion of Labor in Larry Heinemann's Vietnam; 4 Tim O'Brien's Search for an Ideal Femininity; 5 Community in Bobbie Ann Mason's War Fiction; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Argues that the examination of contemporary American war narratives can lead to newfound understandings of American literature, American history, and American national purpose. To prove such a contention, the book blends literary, rhetorical, and cultural methods of analysis.
America-Literatures.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Military history.
Ethnology.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
History of Military.
Cultural Anthropology.