Literature and Nation-Building in Vietnam: The Invisibilization of the Indians

ISBN-13: 9780367188184 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 152 str.

Chi P. Pham

Opis

This book analyses why Indians have been made invisible in Vietnamese society and historiography.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Categorization of "Indians" in Vietnam: Lingering Colonial Ethnicization  2. Constructing Enemies of the Revolution: Bloodsucking “Chà và,” “Sét ty,” and “Tây đen” as Metaphors of Colonial Capitalists  3. Continuing Class and National Struggles: Bloodsucking Sét-ty and "Chà gác dan" Metaphors in South Vietnam  4. Constructing a Socialist Image of Nation: Proletarianizing the Indians in North Vietnam 5. Writing the Post-1975 Nation: Indians as Dead, Voiceless and Haunting Remains  6. Haunting Colonialism: Uncategorized Indians and the Rise of "Ấn kiều" (Overseas Indians)

O autorze

Chi P. Pham is a researcher at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam, and an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, University of Hamburg, Germany.