LEADER 03943nam 2200661 450 001 9910466491703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4399-1613-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000004834275 035 $a(DLC) 2018010642 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5424925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5424925 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11576842 035 $a(OCoLC)1027732479 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004834275 100 $a20180628d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerica's Vietnam $ethe longue duree of U.S. literature and empire /$fMarguerite Bich Nguyen 210 1$aPhiladelphia ;$aRome ;$aTokyo :$cTemple University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aAsian American history & culture 311 $a1-4399-1612-8 311 $a1-4399-1611-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"America's Vietnam challenges the prevailing genealogy of Vietnam's emergence in the American imagination--one that presupposes the Vietnam War as the starting point of meaningful Vietnamese--U.S. political and cultural involvements. Examining literature from as early as the 1820s, Marguerite Nguyen takes a comparative, long historical approach to interpreting constructions of Vietnam in American literature. She analyzes works in various genres published in English and Vietnamese by Monique Truong and Michael Herr as well as lesser-known writers such as John White, Harry Hervey, and Võ Phi?n. The book's cross-cultural prism spans Paris, Saigon, New York, and multiple oceans, and its departure from Cold War frames reveals rich cross-period connections. America's Vietnam recounts a mostly unexamined story of Southeast Asia's lasting and varied influence on U.S. aesthetic and political concerns. Tracking Vietnam's transition from an emergent nation in the nineteenth century to a French colony to a Vietnamese-American war zone, Nguyen demonstrates that how authors represent Vietnam is deeply entwined with the United States' shifting role in the world. As America's longstanding presence in Vietnam evolves, the literature it generates significantly revises our perceptions of war, race, and empire over time"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Examining works written in English and Vietnamese, this book maps a transnational, longue duree? model for understanding the history of Vietnamese-American encounters and demonstrates how genre significantly shapes our perceptions of war, race, and empire"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aAsian American history and culture. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xInfluence 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xLiterature and the war 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xMass media and the war 606 $aWar and society 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / Asian American$2bisacsh 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xInfluence. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xLiterature and the war. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xMass media and the war. 615 0$aWar and society. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / Asian American. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic. 676 $a810.9/358597 686 $aLIT004030$aLIT008020$2bisacsh 700 $aNguyen$b Marguerite Bich$f1976-$0991835 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466491703321 996 $aAmerica's Vietnam$92269924 997 $aUNINA