01753nam  22002293  4500001000700000010001800007100004100025101000800066102000700074105001800081200007100099210004900170215001100219330100200230606002801232606004601260606002601306606005901332606006301391675004901454700002001503183123  a0-8135-1931-4  a20141125d        u||y0frey50      ba  aeng  aUS  a|||||||||||||  aPrisoners of CultureeRepresenting the Vietnam POWfElliott Gruner  aNew BrunwickcRutgers University Pressd1993  a245 p.  aCan we separate our image of the Vietnam War from our image of the American POW? And can we separate our image of the United States from myths surrounding that war and those hostages? In this daring and controversial new book, Elliott Gruner examines how POW mythology emerged from national legends going back to the colonial period, how the media and the government have portrayed prisoners of war in the past, and how the Vietnam POW in particular, became a prisoner of agendas set by others for their own purposes.
Prisoners of Culture is about how we make sense of these pervasive images. In it, Gruner illuminates the assumptions behind all of these texts. He sorts out what is real and what is myth. He looks at the ways POWs have been used to portray the strength of America, the might of capitalism, the power of whiteness and of masculinity. He forces us to question what we would like to believe about ourselves and challenges us to discard the myths before they do us even greater harm.  aPrizonieri de război   aRăzboiul americano-vietnamez, 1965-1973  aForțe militarexSUA  aSimboluri, mituri, ritualuri în viaţă socială   aSocietate și domeniul socialxSUA7Societate americană  a[355.257.7(73 : 597) : 659.3]"1961/1975"=111  aGrunerbElliott