The other side of grief
Subtitle: the home front and the aftermath in American narratives of the Vietnam War
By: Maureen Ryan.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781558496866; 9781558496859
Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the war; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Influence; Soldiers' writings, American -- History and criticism; Exiles -- Vietnam -- Biography -- History and criticism; War in literature; Soldiers in literature; Peace movements in literature; Prisoners of war in literature
Description: The lingering aftereffects of the Vietnam War resonate to this day throughout American society: in foreign policy, in attitudes about the military and war generally, and in the contemporary lives of members of the so-called baby boom generation who came of age during the 1960s and early 1970s. While the best known personal accounts of the war tend to center on the experience of combat, Maureen Ryan's The Other Side of Grief examines the often overlooked narratives--novels, short stories, memoirs, and films--that document the war's impact on the home front.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Vietnam War and modern memory; title: MIA in America: Vietnam aftermath narratives; title: The other side of grief: American women writers and the Vietnam War; title: Years of darkness: narratives by and about American prisoners of the Vietnam War; title: The fugitive's hour: the counterculture and the Vietnam antiwar movement in American fiction; title: Something strange and extravagant: personal histories by Vietnam antiwar movement activists; title: People singing a sad song: Vietnamese exiles in American literature; title: Conclusion: we were all there.