After the Massacre : Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai
Heonik. Kwon
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (235 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Preface and Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The Bipolarity of Death; 2. Massacres in the Year of the Monkey, 1968; 3. A Generation Afterward; 4. Ancestors in the Street; 5. Heroes and Ancestors; 6. Grievous Death; 7. The Stone of Fury; 8. The Decomposition of the Cold War; Conclusion; Notes; Index. - Though a generation has passed since the massacre of civilians at My Lai, the legacy of this tragedy continues to reverberate throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world. This engrossing study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My-a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling, though less well-known, massacre of unarmed civilians-assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life.Based on a detailed study of local history and moral practices, After the Massacre focuses on the particular context of domestic l
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| Dewey | 959.704342 . - 959.7043
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| ISBN | 0520247965. - 0520247973. - 9780520247963. - 9780520247970
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