04524nam 2201045Ia 450 991078495630332120230207213527.01-282-76399-797866127639910-520-94611-110.1525/9780520946118(CKB)2670000000029690(EBL)547599(OCoLC)646788654(SSID)ssj0000440631(PQKBManifestationID)11302913(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440631(PQKBWorkID)10491480(PQKB)10178098(MiAaPQ)EBC547599(DE-B1597)520362(DE-B1597)9780520946118(Au-PeEL)EBL547599(CaPaEBR)ebr10395771(CaONFJC)MIL276399(EXLCZ)99267000000002969020100211d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPassion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon[electronic resource] the memoirs of Bao Luong /Hue-Tam Ho TaiBerkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26225-5 0-520-26226-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Principal Characters -- Introduction -- 1. The Girl from the South -- 2. From Faithful Moon to Precious Honesty -- 3. Apprentice Revolutionaries -- 4. Vignettes from the Revolution -- 5. Prelude to a Murder -- 6. The Crime on Barbier Street -- 7. The End of the Revolutionary Youth League -- 8. The Road to Hell -- 9. Down among Women -- 10. The Verdict -- 11. Life and Death -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- IndexThis is the incredible story of Bao Luong, Vietnam's first female political prisoner. In 1927, when she was just 18, Bao Luong left her village home to join Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary Youth League and fight both for national independence and for women's equality. A year later, she became embroiled in the Barbier Street murder, a crime in which unruly passion was mixed with revolutionary ardor. Weaving together Bao Luong's own memoir with excerpts from newspaper articles, family gossip, and official documents, this book by Bao Luong's niece takes us from rural life in the Mekong Delta to the bustle of colonial Saigon. It provides a rare snapshot of Vietnam in the first decades of the twentieth century and a compelling account of one woman's struggle to make a place for herself in a world fraught with intense political intrigue.Women revolutionariesVietnamHo Chi Minh CityBiographyWomen political prisonersVietnamHo Chi Minh CityBiographyHo Chi Minh City (Vietnam)Social conditions20th centuryHo Chi Minh City (Vietnam)Biography1927.20th century.bao luong.barbier street murder.betrayal.colonial saigon.crime and punishment.crime.dramatic.engaging.female prisoners.fight for freedom.high profile case.ho chi minh.mekong delta.memoir and autobiography.national independence.newspaper articles.nonfiction account.official documents.oral history.passion.political intrigue.political prisoners.prison stories.revolution.revolutionaries.revolutionary youth league.rural life.vietnam.womans struggle.womens equality.Women revolutionariesWomen political prisoners959.7/03092BTai Hue-Tam Ho1948-1043228Nguyẽ̂n Trung Nguyệt1524409MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784956303321Passion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon3765234UNINA