The Resource Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war, Viet Thanh Nguyen
Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war, Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The item Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war, Viet Thanh Nguyen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war, Viet Thanh Nguyen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
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- "All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Exploring how this troubled memory works in Vietnam, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and South Korea, the book deals specifically with the Vietnam War and also war in general. He reveals how war is a part of our identity, as individuals and as citizens of nations armed to the teeth. Venturing through literature, film, monuments, memorials, museums, and landscapes of the Vietnam War, he argues that an alternative to nationalism and war exists in art, created by artists who adhere to no nation but the imagination."--Provided by publisher
- "All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the bestselling novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War--a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations. From a kaleidoscope of cultural forms--novels, memoirs, cemeteries, monuments, films, photography, museum exhibits, video games, souvenirs, and more--Nothing Ever Dies brings a comprehensive vision of the war into sharp focus. At stake are ethical questions about how the war should be remembered by participants that include not only Americans and Vietnamese but also Laotians, Cambodians, South Koreans, and Southeast Asian Americans. Too often, memorials valorize the experience of one's own people above all else, honoring their sacrifices while demonizing the "enemy"--or, most often, ignoring combatants and civilians on the other side altogether. Visiting sites across the United States, Southeast Asia, and Korea, Viet Thanh Nguyen provides penetrating interpretations of the way memories of the war help to enable future wars or struggle to prevent them. Drawing from this war, Nguyen offers a lesson for all wars by calling on us to recognize not only our shared humanity but our ever-present inhumanity. This is the only path to reconciliation with our foes, and with ourselves. Without reconciliation, war's truth will be impossible to remember, and war's trauma impossible to forget." -- Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 374 pages
- Contents
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- On asymmetry
- Aesthetics
- On victims and voices
- On true war stories
- On powerful memory
- Just forgetting
- Just memory
- Ethics:
- On remembering one's own
- On remembering others
- On the inhumanities
- Industries:
- On war machines
- On becoming human
- Isbn
- 9780674660342
- Label
- Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war
- Title
- Nothing ever dies
- Title remainder
- Vietnam and the memory of war
- Statement of responsibility
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Exploring how this troubled memory works in Vietnam, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and South Korea, the book deals specifically with the Vietnam War and also war in general. He reveals how war is a part of our identity, as individuals and as citizens of nations armed to the teeth. Venturing through literature, film, monuments, memorials, museums, and landscapes of the Vietnam War, he argues that an alternative to nationalism and war exists in art, created by artists who adhere to no nation but the imagination."--Provided by publisher
- "All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the bestselling novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War--a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations. From a kaleidoscope of cultural forms--novels, memoirs, cemeteries, monuments, films, photography, museum exhibits, video games, souvenirs, and more--Nothing Ever Dies brings a comprehensive vision of the war into sharp focus. At stake are ethical questions about how the war should be remembered by participants that include not only Americans and Vietnamese but also Laotians, Cambodians, South Koreans, and Southeast Asian Americans. Too often, memorials valorize the experience of one's own people above all else, honoring their sacrifices while demonizing the "enemy"--or, most often, ignoring combatants and civilians on the other side altogether. Visiting sites across the United States, Southeast Asia, and Korea, Viet Thanh Nguyen provides penetrating interpretations of the way memories of the war help to enable future wars or struggle to prevent them. Drawing from this war, Nguyen offers a lesson for all wars by calling on us to recognize not only our shared humanity but our ever-present inhumanity. This is the only path to reconciliation with our foes, and with ourselves. Without reconciliation, war's truth will be impossible to remember, and war's trauma impossible to forget." -- Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nguyen, Viet Thanh
- Dewey number
- 959.704/31
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS559.8.S6
- LC item number
- N48 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Memory
- War and society
- Art and war
- Identity (Psychology) in art
- Label
- Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war, Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-352) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
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- On asymmetry
- Aesthetics
- On victims and voices
- On true war stories
- On powerful memory
- Just forgetting
- Just memory
- Ethics:
- On remembering one's own
- On remembering others
- On the inhumanities
- Industries:
- On war machines
- On becoming human
- Control code
- 923017640
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 374 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674660342
- Lccn
- 2015037444
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war, Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-352) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
-
- On asymmetry
- Aesthetics
- On victims and voices
- On true war stories
- On powerful memory
- Just forgetting
- Just memory
- Ethics:
- On remembering one's own
- On remembering others
- On the inhumanities
- Industries:
- On war machines
- On becoming human
- Control code
- 923017640
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 374 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674660342
- Lccn
- 2015037444
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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