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The voice of violence : performative violence as protest in the Vietnam era / Joel P. Rhodes.
Van Pelt Library DS559.62.U6 R47 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhodes, Joel P., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
- Summary:
- Presents a comparative and interdisciplinary study of how radicals at the local level staged, displayed, and narrated acts of "performative violence" against the symbols of American society in the Vietnam era.
- Contents:
- 2. It Finally Happened Here: The 1968 Riot in Kansas City, Missouri 21
- 3. Short-haired Kids with Gasoline Cans: Kansas State University 59
- 4. Happiness Is a Warm Gun: The University of Kansas 93
- 5. Revolutionary Commitment?: The Detroit Black Panthers 133
- 6. Women and Performative Violence 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275970558
- OCLC:
- 44883732
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