Beyond the Battlefield : Direct and Prosthetic Memory of the American War in Viet Nam

摘要: ―Beyond the Battlefield: Direct and Prosthetic Memory of American War in Viet Nam‖ examines shifts American, Namese, Philippine memorial, literary, cinematic remembrance war through cultural lenses later wars: Gulf (1990-1991) ―War on Terror‖ that began 2001. As opposed to earlier portrayals Nam (1964-1975), turn-to-the-twenty-first-century representations engage an ever-broadening collected memory—a compilation multifaceted, sometimes competing, individual group memories—of war. Battlefield‖ begins with Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982) because it serves as impetus for active participation reception creation memory. It traces a multifaceted memory pattern stages recognition servicewomen, women, Namese Women, reconciliation between soldiers civilians well Americans Namese—veterans alike. Ultimately, encourages prosthetic memory— memories acquired via mediated representation by those no direct experience or hereditary connection permits ongoing refuses relegate forgotten past.