... ), Here, pain is evidently a cultural object and its source - violence, represents a historical condition that is inseparable from cultural representation; an inherent systemic violence of cultural sign system. Ironically, in warfare's, the soldiers and veteran sacrificed, are recognized as patriots and those that survived are recognized as heroes. Eg, Vietnam Memorial Wall. The names of veterans are remembered and memorialized ... violence s does not entirely obliterate the image they confronted. A witness saw a pregnant woman whose body was torn open, dead, lying in the street, surrou...

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