Silence and sacrifice : family stories of care and the limits of love in Vietnam /

"How do families hold together when turbulent forces tear them apart? Silence and Sacrifice explores what happens to generations of kin who survived anti-imperial and civil wars in Vietnam, only to be confronted with postcolonial transitions to communism and market-friendly late socialism. In r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shohet, Merav, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Families > Moral and ethical aspects > Vietnam.
Sacrifice > Vietnam.
Love > Vietnam.
Familles > Aspect moral > Viêt-nam.
Sacrifice > Viêt-nam.
Amour > Viêt-nam.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Families > Moral and ethical aspects
Love
Sacrifice
Vietnam
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Vietnam is a country, not a war
  • "Not only those on the battlefield" : (extra)ordinary sacrifice
  • Rituals and routines of sacrifice : respect those above, yield to those below
  • Troubling love : models for gender (in)equality?
  • Waiting as care? sacrifice and tình cảm in troubled times
  • Children and lovers : marriage, morality, and motherhood
  • Conclusion : mourning in silent sacrifice.

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