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NATION IN UNIFORM: CHICANO/ LATINO WAR NARRATIVES
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATION IN THE KOREAN WAR
AND VIETNAM WAR
by
William Arce
_______________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(ENGLISH)
May 2009
Copyright 2009 William Arce
Object Description
| Title | Nation in uniform: Chicano/Latino war narratives and the construction of nation in the Korean War and Vietnam War |
| Author | Arce, William |
| Author email | warce@usc.edu; william.arce@uta.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | English |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-12-12 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-03-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | McKenna, Teresa |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Braudy, Leo Messner, Michael |
| Abstract | My dissertation examines narrative constructions of nation in war novels and autobiographies written by Chicano/Latino authors between the years of 1951-1976. I focus on the two major American wars of this period: the Korean War and the Vietnam War. I argue that in the face of discrimination and oppression, these authors engage in a narrative reconstruction of the United States as a heterogeneous, yet interconnected nation. The first half of the dissertation focuses on the Korean War. In many respects, these Korean War veterans set the stage for Latino veterans of the Vietnam War by focusing on the importance of public recognition of their service, not only as Americans but as Americans of Spanish-speaking background. In the first section, I also have a chapter focusing on Rolando Hinojosa's Korean War Trilogy. In the second portion of the dissertation I focus on cultural debates regarding Latino participation in the Vietnam War. I explore masculinity in the autobiographies of Roy Benavidez and Everette Alvarez. In the final chapter I focus on trauma in Alfredo Vea's Gods go Begging. |
| Keyword | Chicano; Latino; masculinity; war; military; cold war; nation; nationalism; Korean War; Vietnam War |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1951/1976 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2036 |
| Rights | Arce, William |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Arce-2662 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Arce-2662.pdf |
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| Full text | NATION IN UNIFORM: CHICANO/ LATINO WAR NARRATIVES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATION IN THE KOREAN WAR AND VIETNAM WAR by William Arce _______________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ENGLISH) May 2009 Copyright 2009 William Arce |
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