AMST 384 1st Edition Lecture 28Outline of Last Lecture II. Women PowerIII. Specific WomenOutline of Current Lecture Lecture: Guest Lecture: Rachel Levand, Military Historian PTSD from Wars and its long-term effects- Processual Memory o Creation of veterans is processual and comes in a series of waveImage of a VeteranWhat does a veteran look like?- Many stereotypical views of veteran (older, tired, white men)- Not the case, Rachel’s bf is an example- We have given a certain amount of prominence and importance in our societyo Most men try to claim status of Vietnam war veterans (not WWII or Iraq, etc) Why? Our society has created a stigma that goes along with hardships of Vietnam World War II: The Good War- Specific Images we see related to this waro Famous photo from Hiroshima where the soldiers are putting up a flago Fighter kissing girl on streets of NYC- The image of the war today is different from when it was happeningo Book called “Up Front” Cartoons of life at war Uncensored view of soldiers who were living in it Published cartoons showing the Vernacular side of the soldiers/waro Cartoon theme: Soldiers desperate to get drunk/drink alcohol at war Differences between officers and soldiers shownThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o This book was able to demonstrate that the “good war” wasn’t all that it said to be, shows the negative side of the war for once - How do you memorialize soldiers when the die?o How do you create a living memorial of more than a stone above the coffin that someone is going to want removed in future yearsCensored Images- The first 21 months of war it was illegal to print pictures of the death- The government didn’t want these to be pictured or shown to the public - Ex: the 5 Sullivan Brotherso Missing in action after waro All brothers died in sinking shipo Mother lost all 5 boys in one dayo However, propaganda/ad says “They did their part” and doesn’t mention the death - 1943 was when the first images of the dead were shown o Become controversialo Didn’t publish pictures that weren’t heroic or during battleo Censored Photos: no black soldiers, no one not in uniform, no one dead or dying, soldiers drinking, sexual girls War Causes Psychological Wounds: Mental Health and Illnesses- Images of broken soldiers emotionally were not discussed or photographed- How do we help these causalities recover?- Film about PTSD, no one saw it because it was censored Women and the Protector of the Home- In charge of taken care of the damaged veterans What do we do with these men who are emotionally scared?- There are violent veterans o Crazy and PTSD - Forever damaged - 13 killed at Pistol Point because of crazy
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