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Passion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon [[electronic resource] ] : the memoirs of Bao Luong / / Hue-Tam Ho Tai



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Autore: Tai Hue-Tam Ho <1948-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Passion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon [[electronic resource] ] : the memoirs of Bao Luong / / Hue-Tam Ho Tai Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
Disciplina: 959.7/03092
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Soggetto topico: Women revolutionaries - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City
Women political prisoners - Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City
Soggetto geografico: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) Social conditions 20th century
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) Biography
Soggetto non controllato: 1927
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
Altri autori: Nguyẽ̂nTrung Nguyệt  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Passion, betrayal, and revolution in colonial Saigon  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-76399-7
9786612763991
0-520-94611-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784956303321
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