The Broken Country uses a violent incident that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2012 as a springboard for examining the long-term cultural and psychological effects of the Vietnam War. To make sense of the shocking and baffling incident-in which a young homeless man born in Vietnam stabbed a number of white men purportedly in retribution for the war-Paisley Rekdal draws on a remarkable range of material and fashions it into a compelling account of the dislocations suffered by the Vietnamese and also by American-born veterans over the past decades. She interweaves a narrative about the crime with information collected in interviews, historical examination of the arrival of Vietnamese immigrants in the 1970s, a critique of portrayals of Vietnam in American popular culture, and discussions of the psychological consequences of trauma. This work allows us to better understand transgenerational and cultural trauma and advances our still complicated struggle to comprehend the war.
| ISBN: | 9780820351179 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2017 |
| Author: | Paisley Rekdal |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction |
| Genres: |
Asian history Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Biography: general |
The Broken Country uses a violent incident that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2012 as a springboard for examining the long-term cultural and psychological effects of the Vietnam War. To make sense of the shocking and baffling incident-in which a young homeless man born in Vietnam stabbed a number of white men purportedly in retribution for the war-Paisley Rekdal draws on a remarkable range of material and fashions it into a compelling account of the dislocations suffered by the Vietnamese and also by American-born veterans over the past decades. She interweaves a narrative about the crime with information collected in interviews, historical examination of the arrival of Vietnamese immigrants in the 1970s, a critique of portrayals of Vietnam in American popular culture, and discussions of the psychological consequences of trauma. This work allows us to better understand transgenerational and cultural trauma and advances our still complicated struggle to comprehend the war.
The Broken Country features in the following genres: Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Ethnic studies, Asian history
The Broken Country is available in Paperback
The Broken Country was written by Paisley Rekdal and published by University of Georgia Press
The Broken Country has 160 pages
Yes it is part of Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction series
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