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Restaging the War: The Deer Hunter and the Primal Scene of Violence

2005; University of Texas Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/cj.2005.0001

1527-2087

Sylvia Shin Huey Chong,

Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

The Deer Hunter's controversial representation of the Vietnam War reveals how violence figures an imaginary relationship between the American subject and its Oriental other. This article examines the film's reception and relationship to media images of the war, particularly Eddie Adams's photograph Saigon Execution.