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The unimagined community : imperialism and culture in South Vietnam
- Title
- The unimagined community : imperialism and culture in South Vietnam / Duy Lap Nguyen.
- Author
- Nguyễn, Duy Hùng
- Publication
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2020]
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- ix, 282 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The unimagined community proposes a reexamination of the Vietnam War from a perspective that has been largely excluded from historical accounts of the conflict, that of the South Vietnamese. Challenging the conventional view that the war was a struggle between the Vietnamese people and US imperialism, the study presents a wide-ranging investigation of South Vietnamese culture, from political philosophy and psychological warfare to popular culture and film. Beginning with a genealogy of the concept of a Vietnamese "culture," as the latter emerged during the colonial period, the book concludes with a reflection on the rise of popular culture during the American intervention. Reexamining the war from the South Vietnamese perspective, The unimagined community pursues the provocative thesis that the conflict, in this early stage, was not an anti-communist crusade, but a struggle between two competing versions of anticolonial communism. --
- Series Statement
- Cultural history of modern war
- Uniform Title
- Cultural history of modern war.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-3823
- ISBN
- 1526143968
- 9781526143969
- OCLC
- 1104061476
- Author
- Nguyễn, Duy Hùng, author.
- Title
- The unimagined community : imperialism and culture in South Vietnam / Duy Lap Nguyen.
- Publisher
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cultural history of modern warCultural history of modern war.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-3823