{"product_id":"ghosts-of-war-in-vietnam-heonik-kwon-9780521880619","title":"Ghosts of War in Vietnam","description":"This is a fascinating study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering souls of the war dead. These ghosts of war play an important part in postwar Vietnamese historical narrative and imagination and Heonik Kwon explores the intimate ritual ties with these unsettled identities which still survive in Vietnam today as well as the actions of those who hope to liberate these hidden but vital historical presences from their uprooted social existence. Taking a unique approach to the cultural history of war, he introduces gripping stories about spirits claiming social justice and about his own efforts to wrestle with the physical and spiritual presence of ghosts. Although these actions are fantastical, this book shows how examining their stories can illuminate critical issues of war and collective memory in Vietnam and the modern world more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heonik Kwon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521880610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521880619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2008 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2008 pg. 38","brand":"Heonik Kwon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401238761727,"sku":"9780521880619","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_695cfd46-7327-4e59-b61f-bc1dcd7c9d43.jpg?v=1733887140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghosts-of-war-in-vietnam-heonik-kwon-9780521880619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}