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Vietnam Remembered: The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr. by Varick A. Chittenden at Abbey's Bookshop,
Vietnam Remembered: The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr.
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Varick A. Chittenden

Vietnam Remembered

The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr.

Varick A. Chittenden

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English
University Press of Mississippi
30 July 2011
Folk art
Series: Folk Art and Artists Series
Like many other veterans of the Vietnam conflict, Michael Cousino, a disabled former Marine from Gouverneur, New York, continues to struggle with bad memories and daily life adjustments. Unlike many other veterans, he has found an outlet for his frustrations and grief. He creates miniature replicas of his Vietnam experiences. In these astonishingly detailed dioramas, he recalls scenes of battle and related episodes that reflect his life of some thirty years ago.

His dioramas are on a 1:35 scale, replete with intricacies that grip his painful past. He began this work in 1983, as he says, ""to keep from going bonkers when I couldn't find a job."" Having completed more than two hundred dioramas, no two alike and none ever for sale, Cousino has represented firefights, POW camps, torture pits, and ambushes.

This unique art serves both Cousino and an appreciative audience. For him it is both therapeutic and didactic. For those who see his dioramas, there is aesthetic understanding and interaction. In sharing and interacting, Cousino has made his art an essential part of folk expression. This book features his unusual art in 36 pages of color photographs by Martha Cooper.
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Imprint:   University Press of Mississippi
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 203mm,  Spine: 5mm
Weight:   333g
ISBN:   9781617032158
ISBN 10:   1617032158
Series:   Folk Art and Artists Series
Pages:   277
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Varick A. Chittenden is professor emeritus of humanities at SUNY College of Technology at Canton, New York. And, he is founding director of Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY), where he served as director until 2008. He is also a recipient of the 2021 Benjamin A. Botkin Prize for significant lifetime achievement in public folklore from the American Folklore Society.

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