| Treacherous Subjects: Gender, Culture, and Trans-Vietnamese Feminism Contributor(s): Duong, Lan P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1439901783 ISBN-13: 9781439901786 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Asian American - Literary Criticism | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 810.808 |
| LCCN: 2011043062 |
| Series: Asian American History & Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Treacherous Subjects is a provocative and thoughtful examination of Vietnamese films and literature viewed through a feminist lens. Lan Duong investigates the postwar cultural productions of writers and filmmakers, including Tony Bui, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and Tran Anh Hung. Taking her cue from the double meaning of collaborator, Duong shows how history has shaped the loyalties and shifting alliances of the Vietnamese, many of whom are caught between opposing/constricting forces of nationalism, patriarchy, and communism. Working at home and in France and the United States, the artists profiled in Treacherous Subjects have grappled with the political and historic meanings of collaboration. These themes, which probe into controversial issues of family and betrayal, figure heavily in fictions such as the films The Scent of Green Papaya and Surname Viet Given Name Nam. |