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The Scar That Binds: American Culture and the Vietnam War

The Scar That Binds: American Culture and the Vietnam War

Beattie, Keith

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral SociologyVietnam War

ISBN10: 0814713262
ISBN13: 9780814713266
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: May 1 1998
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.28 Depth: 9.24
Language: English

At the height of the Vietnam War, American society was so severely fragmented that it seemed that Americans may never again share common concerns. The media and other commentators represented the impact of the war through a variety of rhetorical devices, most notably the emotionally charged metaphor of the wound that will not heal. References in various contexts to veterans' attempts to find a voice, and to bring the war home were also common. Gradually, an assured and resilient American self-image and powerful impressions of cultural collectivity transformed the Vietnam war into a device for maintaining national unity. Today, the war is portrayed as a healed wound, the once silenced veteran has found a voice, and the American home has accommodated the effects of Vietnam. The scar has healed, binding Americans into a union that denies the divisions, diversities, and differences exposed by the war. In this way, America is now over Vietnam.

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