Bamboo in Vietnam

ISBN-13: 9781032395715 / Twarda / 2023 / 238 str.

Emmanuel Poisson

Opis

This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany, and the history of technology.

Spis treści

Introduction. Bamboo: tree or grass?  Part 1: Bamboo an anthropological and historical approach  1. Bamboo, man, landscape  2.Terminology and technology: identification, uses, names; from naming to datation  3. Uses of bamboo according to its qualities  4. Bamboo as symbol  5. Bamboo and power  Part 2: Bamboo iconography  6. Bamboo used as it is, after felling  7. Uses of bambootube  8. Use of split bamboo cut into lengths  9. Basket-making  10. The Gia Định Art School contribution  Part 3: Contemporary bamboo  11. Bamboo at present  12. Conclusion  13. Annexes

O autorze

Đinh Trọng Hiếu is an anthropologist and ethnobotanist. Until his retirement in 2003, he worked as a researcher at CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research).

Emmanuel Poisson is Professor of History at Paris Cité University, France, and Deputy Director at the French Research Institute on East Asia (IFRAE, UMR 8043).