1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450649403321

Autore

Pettus Ashley

Titolo

Between sacrifice and desire [[electronic resource] ] : national identity and the governing of femininity in Vietnam / / Ashley Pettus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

0-415-86500-X

1-135-94551-9

1-280-10626-3

0-203-49130-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

East Asia history, politics, sociology, and culture

Disciplina

305.42/09

Soggetti

Women - Vietnam - Conduct of life

Femininity - Vietnam

Women - Vietnam - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BETWEEN SACRIFICE AND DESIRE National Identity and the Governing of Femininity in Vietnam; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction Nationalism, Women and Modernity in Vietnam; Part One: Media and Governmentality; 1. Defining the "New Vietnamese Woman": National Femininity and the Struggle for Socialist Modernity; 2. Building Civility through Happy Families: The Women's Union in a New Era; 3. Governmental Entertainment: The Popular Press and the Policing of Femininity; Part Two: Mediated Subjects and Identity Struggle; Preface to Part Two

4. On the Uncivil Margins: Feminine Tradition and Economic Aspiration in Phuong Lien5. Market Morality: Negotiating Merchant Identities in Hoan Kiem; Conclusion; Notes; References and Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 place--as both symbols and disciplined subjects--in Vietnam's socialist modernization and ongoing capitalist

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910895888203321

Titolo

Biblioteka / / Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ"

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sofii͡a, Bŭlgarii͡a, : Biblioteka, [1993]-

ISSN

2738-845X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Libraries - Bulgaria

Library science - Bulgaria

Libraries

Library science

Periodicals.

Bulgaria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Bulgaro

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"Mesechno spisanie za bibliotechna teorii͡a i praktika," 1993, br. 1-1996, br. 1.

"Mesechno spisanie za problemite na knigata," 1996, br. 2/3-1996, br. 4/5.

"Spisanie za bibliotechna teorii͡a i praktika," 1998, 1/2-

Title from cover.