Curating and re-curating the American wars in Vietnam and Iraq /

We have long saved--and curated--objects from wars to commemorate the war experience. These objects appear at national museums and memorials and in war novels and memoirs. Through them we institutionalize narratives and memories of national identity, power and purpose. This book asks whose vantage p...

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Main Author:	Sylvester, Christine, 1949- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Social aspects > United States. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Social aspects > United States. Curatorship > United States. Military museums > United States. War memorials > United States. Collective memory > United States. Memory > Social aspects > United States. War > Historiography. War and society > United States. War in literature. Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Aspect social > États-Unis. Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect social > États-Unis. Conservation > États-Unis. Art et science militaires > Musées > États-Unis. Monuments aux morts > États-Unis. Mémoire collective > États-Unis. Guerre > Historiographie. Guerre et société > États-Unis. Guerre dans la littérature. HISTORY > Middle East > General. Collective memory Curatorship Memory > Social aspects Military museums Social aspects War and society War in literature War memorials Iraq United States 1961-2011 Electronic books.
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by Sylvester, Christine, 1949-
Published 2019

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