Looking Back on the Vietnam War embarks on an interdisciplinary and international investigation to discover what we remember about the war, how we remember it, and why. Each essay examines a different facet of the Vietnam War, offering fresh insights on the war’s long-term psychological, social, artistic, political, and environmental impacts. By putting these diverse pieces together, the contributors assemble an expansive yet nuanced composite portrait of the war and its global legacies.
Looking Back on the Vietnam War embarks on an interdisciplinary and international investigation to discover what we remember about the war, how we remember it, and why. Each essay examines a different facet of the Vietnam War, offering fresh insights on the war’s long-term psychological, social, artistic, political, and environmental impacts. By putting these diverse pieces together, the contributors assemble an expansive yet nuanced composite portrait of the war and its global legacies.
Chronology Note on the Text Introduction: Looking Back at the Vietnam War Brenda M. Boyle and Jeehyun Lim Chapter 1: Vietnamese Refugees and Internet Memorials: When Does War End and Who Gets to Decide? Y?n Lê Espiritu Chapter 2: Broken, but Not Forsaken: Disabled South Vietnamese Veterans in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora Quan Tue Tran Chapter 3: What Is Vietnamese American Literature? Viet Thanh Nguyen Chapter 4: Vi?t Nam and the Diaspora: Absence, Presence, and the Archive Lan Duong Chapter 5: Liberal Humanitarianism and Post–Cold War Cultural Politics: The Case of Le Ly Hayslip Jeehyun Lim Chapter 6: Ann Hui’s Boat People: Documenting Vietnamese Refugees in Hong Kong Vinh Nguyen Chapter 7: “The Deep Black Hole”: Vietnam in the Memories of Australian Veterans and Refugees Robert Mason and Leonie Jones Chapter 8: Missing Bodies and Homecoming Spirits Heonik Kwon Chapter 9: Agent Orange: Toxic Chemical, Narrative of Suffering, Metaphor for War Diane Niblack Fox Chapter 10: Re-Seeing Cambodia and Recollecting The ’Nam: A Vertiginous Critique of the Military Sublime Cathy J. Schlund-Vials Chapter 11: Naturalizing War: The Stories We Tell about the Vietnam War Brenda M. Boyle Appendix A: Archives Appendix B: Publications since 2000 Notes on Contributors Index
Chronology Note on the Text Introduction: Looking Back at the Vietnam War Brenda M. Boyle and Jeehyun Lim Chapter 1: Vietnamese Refugees and Internet Memorials: When Does War End and Who Gets to Decide? Y?n Lê Espiritu Chapter 2: Broken, but Not Forsaken: Disabled South Vietnamese Veterans in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Diaspora Quan Tue Tran Chapter 3: What Is Vietnamese American Literature? Viet Thanh Nguyen Chapter 4: Vi?t Nam and the Diaspora: Absence, Presence, and the Archive Lan Duong Chapter 5: Liberal Humanitarianism and Post–Cold War Cultural Politics: The Case of Le Ly Hayslip Jeehyun Lim Chapter 6: Ann Hui’s Boat People: Documenting Vietnamese Refugees in Hong Kong Vinh Nguyen Chapter 7: “The Deep Black Hole”: Vietnam in the Memories of Australian Veterans and Refugees Robert Mason and Leonie Jones Chapter 8: Missing Bodies and Homecoming Spirits Heonik Kwon Chapter 9: Agent Orange: Toxic Chemical, Narrative of Suffering, Metaphor for War Diane Niblack Fox Chapter 10: Re-Seeing Cambodia and Recollecting The ’Nam: A Vertiginous Critique of the Military Sublime Cathy J. Schlund-Vials Chapter 11: Naturalizing War: The Stories We Tell about the Vietnam War Brenda M. Boyle Appendix A: Archives Appendix B: Publications since 2000 Notes on Contributors Index
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