Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
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Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War is a nonfiction work by Viet Thanh Nguyen that examines how the Vietnam War is remembered, represented, and memorialized across cultures, nations, and media.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
cultural studies work
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literary criticism ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
American studies
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Asian American studies NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ memory studies ⓘ |
| argues |
that both victims and perpetrators must be remembered
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that memory is intertwined with forgetting ⓘ that war memory is shaped by power and inequality ⓘ |
| author | Viet Thanh Nguyen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
John G. Cawelti Award
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
films
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memorials ⓘ museums ⓘ novels ⓘ photography ⓘ popular culture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how the Vietnam War is remembered in Vietnam
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how the Vietnam War is remembered in the United States ⓘ transnational memory of the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
comparative US–Vietnam perspective
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critical theory perspective ⓘ diasporic Vietnamese perspective ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 384 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvard University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America
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The Sympathizer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingContext | post–Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| subject |
American literature
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Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnamese diaspora ⓘ collective memory ⓘ cultural politics ⓘ ethics of memory ⓘ representation of war ⓘ trauma and remembrance ⓘ war memory ⓘ war representation in film ⓘ war representation in literature ⓘ war representation in visual culture ⓘ |
| theorizes | a just memory of war ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
Cold War
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post–Cold War era ⓘ |
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