Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-351) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : specters of Vietnam -- Bringing the war home : spectacles of violence and rebellion in the American 1968 -- Reporting the war : ethical crises of action in the movement-image of Vietnam -- Restaging the war : fantasizing defeat in Hollywood's Vietnam -- Kung Fu fighting : pacifying and mastering the martial body -- Being Bruce Lee : death and the limits of the movement-image of martial arts -- Conclusion : returning to 'Nam : the Vietnam veteran's orientalized body.
Summary:
This text explores the impact of media representations of violence during the Vietnam War on people in the US. It looks specifically at how images of violence done to and by the Vietnamese were traumatic in ways that deeply affected the American psyche.
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