L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria

Year 26 No. 3 (2018): Issue 3/2018
Articles

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial A conversation

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  • Linda Levitt

Published 01/10/2019

Keywords

  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial,
  • Maya Lin,
  • Jan Scruggs,
  • commemoration

How to Cite

Levitt, L. (2019). The Vietnam Veterans Memorial A conversation. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 26(3). Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/104
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Abstract

This essay is intended as a conversation: the voices of those who created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial have a story to tell. If language creates reality rather than representing it, then this is an etymological tracing of the Memorial. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial remains a discursive site, where visitors leave remembrances and tell their stories. The many voices and many stories reflect the polysemic nature of the Memorial, as the desire to be inclusive is essential to its design.

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