Masculinity In Vietnam War Narratives
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Masculinity In Vietnam War Narratives
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Author : Brenda M. Boyle
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009
Masculinity In Vietnam War Narratives written by Brenda M. Boyle and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
"This book examines the ways in which the war and its accompanying movements greatly altered traditional American conceptions of masculinity. Finally, the book illustrates how, decades later, the masculine anxieties of the Vietnam era are still evident in discourses ranging from the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to recent presidential campaigns"--Provided by publisher.
Prisoners Of War
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Author : Brenda Marie Boyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Prisoners Of War written by Brenda Marie Boyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Prisoners of war categories.
Abstract: This dissertation argues that the Vietnam War and social movements of the time altered the way Americans conceive of masculinity, an alteration represented in some narratives of the War. Decades after the conclusion of American involvement in Vietnam, this revision of the social gender script is still evident in narratives that are not always directly concerned with the War. This new discourse of masculinities appears in narratives not only fictional, but also in memoirs, films, and recruiting advertisements, suggesting that what Lauren Berlant calls the "National Symbolic," or the framework through which Americans constitute themselves as Americans, has adjusted along the following lines. First, the era made it imperative to imagine a plurality of masculinities, determining that a single model of masculine gender to which men should aspire might not be desirable and probably never was possible. This explains, among other things, the disenchantment repeatedly expressed by soldiers in the narratives with the John Wayne-model of masculinity displayed in so many World War II movies, and the subsequent need to devise new forms of masculinity that would suit the particularities of the Vietnam War. In pluralizing masculinity, the narratives propose that gender is performative, amorphous, and historically contingent, often concluding that masculinities may not be reserved only for males, but that females also may choose to enact masculinity. Second, the liberation and rights movements of the era made clear that issues such as race, sexuality, and disability directly impact the formations of masculinities. The truism that war makes a boy into a man may be simplistic only about the assumption that there is one true way to be a male; some War narratives suggest that there are many ways to be manly. Third, the combination of the two previous points, that masculinities are pluralized by their being extended to people other than white men and that they are mutable, intimates that the current binary of sex and gender--sex as chromosomal and gender as environmental--may be less definitive than the binary suggests.
The Remasculinization Of America
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Author : Susan Jeffords
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Remasculinization Of America written by Susan Jeffords and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
"In this book the author examines representations of the Vietnam experience in film, oral history, novels, and short stories and finds that the media have helped remasculinize, or regender social relations. She argues that the war, instead of leading to a reexamination of the US value system, has spurred a revitalization of the traditional values of capitalism and bourgeois individualism."--Amazon.com.
Masculinity In Vietnam War Narratives
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Author : Brenda M. Boyle
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Masculinity In Vietnam War Narratives written by Brenda M. Boyle and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with History categories.
Occurring alongside the Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, and other identity movements of the 1960s, the Vietnam War was part of an era that rescripted gender and other social identity roles for many, if not most, Americans. This book examines the ways in which the war and its accompanying movements greatly altered traditional American conceptions of masculinity, as reflected in discourses ranging from fictional narratives to memoirs, films, and military recruiting advertisements. Analysis of two canonical fiction texts--John Del Vecchio's The 13th Valley and Bobbie Ann Mason's In Country--illustrates the interrelatedness of race, sexuality, disability and masculinity, an approach appearing in no other book-length study. The text illustrates how, decades later, the masculine anxieties of the Vietnam era persist.
Beyond Combat
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Author : Heather Marie Stur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-14
Beyond Combat written by Heather Marie Stur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with HISTORY categories.
"Beyond combat: women and gender in the Vietnam War incorporates new voices into the Vietnam War narrative by looking at women's experiences. It also examines the ways in which ideas about masculinity shaped the American GI experience in Vietnam, ultimately how some American men and women returned from Vietnam to challenge home front gender norms"--
The Vietnam War
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Author : Brenda M. Boyle
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-18
The Vietnam War written by Brenda M. Boyle and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reverberations of the Vietnam War can still be felt in American culture. The post-9/11 United States forays into the Middle East, the invasion and occupation of Iraq especially, have evoked comparisons to the nearly two decades of American presence in Viet Nam (1954-1973). That evocation has renewed interest in the Vietnam War, resulting in the re-printing of older War narratives and the publication of new ones. This volume tracks those echoes as they appear in American, Vietnamese American, and Vietnamese war literature, much of which has joined the American literary canon. Using a wide range of theoretical approaches, these essays analyze works by Michael Herr, Bao Ninh, Duong Thu Huong, Bobbie Ann Mason, le thi diem thuy, Tim O'Brien, Larry Heinemann, and newcomers Denis Johnson, Karl Marlantes, and Tatjana Solis. Including an historical timeline of the conflict and annotated guides to further reading, this is an essential guide for students and readers of contemporary American fiction
Pulp Vietnam
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Author : Gregory A. Daddis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-22
Pulp Vietnam written by Gregory A. Daddis and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-22 with History categories.
Explores how Cold War men's magazines idealized warrior-heroes and sexual-conquerors and normalized conceptions of martial masculinity.
American War Stories
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Author : Brenda M. Boyle
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-13
American War Stories written by Brenda M. Boyle and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-13 with History categories.
American War Stories asks readers to contemplate what traditionally constitutes a “war story” and how that constitution obscures the normalization of militarism in American culture. The book claims the traditionally narrow scope of “war story,” as by a combatant about his wartime experience, compartmentalizes war, casting armed violence as distinct from everyday American life. Broadening “war story” beyond the specific genres of war narratives such as “war films,” “war fiction,” or “war memoirs,” American War Stories exposes how ingrained militarism is in everyday American life, a condition that challenges the very democratic principles the United States is touted as exemplifying.
War Stories Gender Stories
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Author : Mike Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
War Stories Gender Stories written by Mike Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with American literature categories.
Myths And Crises
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Author : U. S. Military
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-14
Myths And Crises written by U. S. Military and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-14 with categories.
Throughout history, military service and wars have served as rites of passage for young men and often defined American manhood itself. Films about war capture this masculine journey and reveal myths about war service and American masculinity. Five films comprise the foundation of this study. Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Hamburger Hill (1987), Casualties of War (1989), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989) were all released in the mid-to-late 1980s and reflect a resurgence in national attention on the troubling war. The films question the following national myths about norms of masculinity: the World War II American war hero, war service as a path to manhood, and a monolithic American masculinity. Aggressive efforts to restore American confidence and masculinity characterized the beginning of the 1980s with the election of President Ronald Reagan and the rise of the New Right's influence. The films reveal a tempering of the bravado and hypermasculinity promulgated in the earlier eighties and depict a more nuanced performance of masculinity. The study provides insight into the role masculinity plays in society and, specifically, the military, and provides a contextual framework for analyzing masculinity in film.Beginning with an overview of the evolution of historical and war films, chapter 1 explores the connections between war and gender, along with film's importance in revealing these connections. Film's portrayal of issues of societal anxiety is also explored. Chapter 2 lays out a framework of masculinity, and provides a narrative history of masculinity from a sociohistorical perspective including important political, economic, and cultural factors starting with the Great Depression. Beginning with this period provides context to masculinity as an ever-evolving phenomenon. A short history of masculinity also reveals another of its key components and a common source of crisis, its plurality; despite what national myths may claim, there is no one monolithic American masculinity. Changes in access to institutions of power, economic opportunities, and gender relations all contribute to shifts in masculinity.5 Chapter 3 traces the turmoil of the previous decades' continued effects on the political, economic, and social aspects of 1980s life. Aggressive efforts to restore American confidence and masculinity characterized the beginning of the 1980s with the election of President Ronald Reagan and the rise of the New Right's influence. The emergence of this hypermasculinity was a response to the social movements of the previous decades and the loss in Vietnam, both of which undermined American masculinity. Chapter 4 analyzes the five Vietnam War films--Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Casualties of War, and Born on the Fourth of July--within the framework of masculinity, and connects the films' portrayal of masculinity to the 1980s social history discussed in the second and third chapters. The films reveal critiques of national myths of norms of masculinity that emerged out of World War II. The mid-to-late 1980s--when these films were released--also marked a tempering of the bravado and hypermasculinity initially promulgated and the films depicted a more nuanced performance of masculinity. The concluding chapter discusses the significance of the films in understanding masculinity's role in American society, and especially in war.
