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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806177103321

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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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