The Oriental Obscene: Violence and Racial Fantasies in the Vietnam Era

Informationen zum Autor Sylvia Shin Huey Chong is Associate Professor of Film and Asian American Studies in the English Department and the Program in American Studies at the University of Virginia. Klappentext This book explores the impact of media representations of violence during the Vietnam War on people in the U.S., specifically how images of violence done to and by the Vietnamese were traumatic in ways that deeply affected the American psyche. Zusammenfassung This book explores the impact of media representations of violence during the Vietnam War on people in the U.S.! specifically how images of violence done to and by the Vietnamese were traumatic in ways that deeply affected the American psyche. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations vii Notes on Terminology, Proper Names, and Film Titles ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Specters of Vietnam 1 1. Bringing the War Home: Spectacles of Violence and Rebellion in the American 1968 33 2. Reporting the War: Ethical Crises of Action in the Movement-Image of Vietnam 75 3. Restaging the War: Fantasizing Defeat in Hollywood's Vietnam 127 4. Kung Fu Fighting: Pacifying and Mastering the Martial Body 173 5. Being Bruce Lee: Death and the Limits of the Movement-Image of Martial Arts 209 Conclusion. Returning to 'Nam: The Vietnam Veteran's Orientalized Body 249 Notes 283 Bibliography 325 Index 353

Klappentext
This book explores the impact of media representations of violence during the Vietnam War on people in the U.S., specifically how images of violence done to and by the Vietnamese were traumatic in ways that deeply affected the American psyche.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations vii
Notes on Terminology, Proper Names, and Film Titles ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. Specters of Vietnam 1
1. Bringing the War Home: Spectacles of Violence and Rebellion in the American 1968 33
2. Reporting the War: Ethical Crises of Action in the Movement-Image of Vietnam 75
3. Restaging the War: Fantasizing Defeat in Hollywood's Vietnam 127
4. Kung Fu Fighting: Pacifying and Mastering the Martial Body 173
5. Being Bruce Lee: Death and the Limits of the Movement-Image of Martial Arts 209
Conclusion. Returning to 'Nam: The Vietnam Veteran's Orientalized Body 249
Notes 283
Bibliography 325
Index 353

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