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Social memory and war narratives : transmitted trauma among children of Vietnam War veterans /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weber, Christina D., 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Palgrave studies in cultural heritage and conflict.
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Social aspects > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States > Psychological aspects.
Veterans > Mental health > United States.
Veterans > Family relationships > United States.
Veterans' families > United States.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Collective memory > United States.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Influence.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the traffic in memories
  • Exploring trauma & memory through the social monad
  • Conceptualizing the Vietnam veteran narrative as a narrative of trauma
  • Exploring the social monad through the crisis of articulation
  • The Vietnam veteran father: reconfiguring hegemonic discourses of masculine subjectivity
  • Narrative disruptions of the dominant fiction
  • Conclusions.