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Author:

Kwon, Heonik, 1962-

Title:

Ghosts of war in Vietnam / Heonik Kwon.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

viii, 222 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects.
Collective memory--Vietnam.
Ghosts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Index. Introduction -- 7. Ghosts of war -- The ghosts of the American War -- Dealing with strangers -- Ghosts and the state -- 2. Mass excavation -- The exodus of the dead -- Apparitions in Cam Re -- The ghost of an American officer -- Vietnam-American joint venture -- 3. Missing in action -- Politics of home burial -- New MIA program -- Brotherly conflict -- Two ways to end the cold war -- 4. The phantom leg -- The network of war -- The infrastructure of revolution -- Tiger temple -- Same, same -- Lap the amputee -- The hidden history of the missing leg -- 5. Death in the street -- Intimacy with displaced souls -- Mother of the home-place -- Homesickness -- Distant reciprocity -- One man's ghost is another man's ancestor -- 6. Transforming ghosts -- The taste of phantom salt -- Lien Hoa -- Intrusive ghosts -- Mobility -- The network of spirits -- The spirit of a born-and-bred communist -- Letters from the prison -- Liberation -- Making kinship -- 7. Money for ghosts -- Death and wealth -- Old money and new money -- Heads and tails -- Money's two destinations -- Money and liberty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Series:

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare 27

ISBN:

0521880610 (hbk.)
9780521880619 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2008273547

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)