My Folkloristic History of the Việt Nam War: A Non-communist Experience
Like many families who were on the “wrong” side of the Việt Nam war, my family history has effectively been “displaced” from official discourse in Việt Nam when the country was “reunified” in 1975, as well as in the discourse of public history in the U.S. which has overwhelmingly emphasized the “le...
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2013-01-01
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| description | Like many families who were on the “wrong” side of the Việt Nam war, my family history has effectively been “displaced” from official discourse in Việt Nam when the country was “reunified” in 1975, as well as in the discourse of public history in the U.S. which has overwhelmingly emphasized the “lessons” of the “American Experience” in Việt Nam. Using my family history as an index of historical processes, I hope to introduce windows on the continuities of what noncommunist Vietnamese do and think. My family folklore is utilized as a way to create opportunities for other non-communist Vietnamese here and elsewhere to connect, articulate, or remind them of a pattern from the past that can provide a contemporary coherence with an ethic workable for the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b16d5b01fcc74e80a57b0f12d15b0be02022-12-22T03:43:25ZengPurdue University PressJournal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement2153-89992013-01-018123My Folkloristic History of the Việt Nam War: A Non-communist ExperienceLong S. LeLike many families who were on the “wrong” side of the Việt Nam war, my family history has effectively been “displaced” from official discourse in Việt Nam when the country was “reunified” in 1975, as well as in the discourse of public history in the U.S. which has overwhelmingly emphasized the “lessons” of the “American Experience” in Việt Nam. Using my family history as an index of historical processes, I hope to introduce windows on the continuities of what noncommunist Vietnamese do and think. My family folklore is utilized as a way to create opportunities for other non-communist Vietnamese here and elsewhere to connect, articulate, or remind them of a pattern from the past that can provide a contemporary coherence with an ethic workable for the future.http://jsaaea.coehd.utsa.edu/index.php/JSAAEA/article/view/137/149Việt Nam warNon-communismFolklore/folklifeFamily historyMemory workMemoirRefugee |
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| title | My Folkloristic History of the Việt Nam War: A Non-communist Experience |
| title_full | My Folkloristic History of the Việt Nam War: A Non-communist Experience |
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| title_short | My Folkloristic History of the Việt Nam War: A Non-communist Experience |
| title_sort | my folkloristic history of the viet nam war a non communist experience |
| topic | Việt Nam war Non-communism Folklore/folklife Family history Memory work Memoir Refugee |
| url | http://jsaaea.coehd.utsa.edu/index.php/JSAAEA/article/view/137/149 |
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