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After the Massacre - Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,130
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After the Massacre - Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai (Paperback): Heonik Kwon

After the Massacre - Commemoration and Consolation in Ha My and My Lai (Paperback)

Heonik Kwon; Foreword by Drew Faust

Series: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes, 14

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Though a generation has passed since the massacre of civilians at My Lai, the legacy of this tragedy continues to reverberate throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world. This engrossing study considers how Vietnamese villagers in My Lai and Ha My - a village where South Korean troops committed an equally appalling, though less well-known, massacre of unarmed civilians - assimilate the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual life. Based on a detailed study of local history and moral practices, "After the Massacre" focuses on the particular context of domestic life in which the Vietnamese villagers interact with their ancestors on one hand and the ghosts of tragic death on the other. Heonik Kwon explains what intimate ritual actions can tell us about the history of mass violence and the global bipolar politics that caused it. He highlights the aesthetics of Vietnamese commemorative rituals and the morality of their practical actions to liberate the spirits from their grievous history of death. The author brings these important practices into a critical dialogue with dominant sociological theories of death and symbolic transformation.

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Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes, 14
Release date: November 2006
First published: November 2006
Authors: Heonik Kwon
Foreword by: Drew Faust
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24797-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > General
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LSN: 0-520-24797-3
Barcode: 9780520247970

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