Between Sacrifice and Desire: National Identity and the Governing of Femininity in Vietnam (East Asia Series)
by Ashley Pettus
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This title explores the role of women in the politics of national identity in Vietnam. Drawing on diverse primary resources--including state news media, government contests, tabloid journalism, and extensive interviews--the author examines the intimate connection between notions of Vietnamese femininity and the cultural quandaries of modernity in post-colonial Vietnam. The book covers the socialist and market reform periods (from the 1950s through the 1990s) and examines women's central show more place--as both symbols and disciplined subjects--in Vietnam's socialist modernization and ongoing capitalist show lessMembers
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- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Politics and Government
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- 305.42 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Women Social role and status of women
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- HQ1750.5 .P43 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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