Between sacrifice and desire [[electronic resource] ] : national identity and the governing of femininity in Vietnam / / Ashley Pettus
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Pettus Ashley
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| Titolo: |
Between sacrifice and desire [[electronic resource] ] : national identity and the governing of femininity in Vietnam / / Ashley Pettus
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.42/09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Vietnam - Conduct of life |
| Femininity - Vietnam | |
| Women - Vietnam - Social conditions | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Between sacrifice and desire |
| ISBN: | 0-415-86500-X |
| 1-135-94551-9 | |
| 1-280-10626-3 | |
| 0-203-49130-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783736803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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East Asia (New York, N.Y.)