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Memory of War. Remembering Hollywood’s Vietnam War in Call of Duty: Black Ops

Publication date: 03.2023

Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2023, Issue 1 (55) Kulturowe emancypacje i transgresje, pp. 35 - 52

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.23.003.17846

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Anh-Thu Nguyen
Ritsumeikan University, 56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8577, Japan
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Memory of War. Remembering Hollywood’s Vietnam War in Call of Duty: Black Ops

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Information: Arts & Cultural Studies Review, 2023, Issue 1 (55) Kulturowe emancypacje i transgresje, pp. 35 - 52

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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Memory of War. Remembering Hollywood’s Vietnam War in Call of Duty: Black Ops

English:

Memory of War. Remembering Hollywood’s Vietnam War in Call of Duty: Black Ops

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4737-9292

Anh-Thu Nguyen
Ritsumeikan University, 56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8577, Japan
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4737-9292 Orcid
All publications →

Ritsumeikan University, 56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8577, Japan

Published at: 03.2023

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