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Memory Is Another Country

Women of the Vietnamese Diaspora

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

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Memory Is Another Country

Women of the Vietnamese Diaspora

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

Winner of the 2010 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles The act of remembering is a means of bringing the past alive and an imaginative way of dealing with loss. It has been the subject of much recent scholarship and is of particular relevance at a time of widespread transnational migration. This book is a valuable and original contribution to the field of diaspora studies. Based on in-depth oral narratives of forty Vietnamese women, it deals with themes both universal and specific to this diaspora: divergent memories in families, the significance of homeland, the return to Vietnam, cross-cultural relationships, intergenerational tensions, and the issues of silence and unspoken trauma among Vietnamese refugees. It is the first study to apply memory and trauma theories to a substantial base of oral narratives by Vietnamese women in the West. Nguyen argues that understanding of these narratives provides not only an insight into the way Vietnamese women have dealt with loss, but also illuminates the experience of the wider Vietnamese diaspora and other refugees.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313360286

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9780313360282

South Vietnamese Soldiers

Memories of the Vietnam War and After

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

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South Vietnamese Soldiers

Memories of the Vietnam War and After

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

Published on the 40th anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam, this book brings to life the experiences and memories of South Vietnamese soldiers-the forgotten combatants of this controversial conflict. South Vietnam lost more than a quarter of a million soldiers in the Vietnam War, yet the histories of these men-and women-are largely absent from the vast historiography of the conflict. By focusing on oral histories related by 40 veterans from the former Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, this book breaks new ground, shedding light on an essentially unexplored aspect of the war and giving voice to those who have been voiceless. The experiences of these former soldiers are examined through detailed firsthand accounts that feature two generations and all branches of the service, including the Women's Armed Forces Corps. Readers will gain insight into the soldiers' early lives, their military service, combat experiences, and friendships forged in wartime. They will also see how life became worse for most in the aftermath of the war as they experienced internment in communist prison camps, discrimination against their families on political grounds, and the dangers inherent in escaping Vietnam, whether by sea or land. Finally, readers will learn how veterans who saw no choice but to leave their homeland succeeded in rebuilding their lives in new countries and cultures.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440832420

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9781440832420

New Perceptions of the Vietnam War

Essays on the War, the South Vietnamese Experience, the Diaspora and the Continuing Impact

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

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New Perceptions of the Vietnam War

Essays on the War, the South Vietnamese Experience, the Diaspora and the Continuing Impact

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

The effects of the War outside present-day Vietnam are ongoing. Substantial Vietnamese communities in countries that participated in the conflict are contributing to renewed interpretations of it. This collection of new essays explores changes in perceptions of the war and the Vietnamese diaspora, examining history, politics, biography and literature, with Vietnamese, American, Australian and French scholars providing new insights. Twelve essays cover South Vietnamese leadership and policies, women and civilians, veterans overseas, smaller allies in the war (Australia), accounts by U.S., Australian and South Vietnamese servicemen as well as those of Indigenous soldiers from the U.S. and Australia, memorials and commemorations, and the legacy of war on individual lives and government policy.

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McFarland

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078649509X

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9780786495092

South Vietnamese Soldiers

Memories of the Vietnam War and After

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

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Memories of the Vietnam War and After

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Memory Is Another Country

Women of the Vietnamese Diaspora

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Voyage of Hope

Vietnamese Australian Women's Narratives

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

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Voyage of Hope

Vietnamese Australian Women's Narratives

By: Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

*** Shortlisted for 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards *** Voyage of Hope explores the experiences and journeys of Vietnamese women who arrived in Australia as part of the massive exodus of refugees from Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. It reveals women s memories of life in Vietnam during the French colonial period and after, throughout the war and its aftermath, and what motivated them to leave their homeland and embark on an often dangerous journey to freedom a voyage of hope that eventually led them to a new life in Australia.

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Common Ground Publishing

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186335591X

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Memory Is Another Country

Memory Is Another Country

South Vietnamese Soldiers

South Vietnamese Soldiers

New Perceptions of the Vietnam War

New Perceptions of the Vietnam War

South Vietnamese Soldiers

South Vietnamese Soldiers

Memory Is Another Country

Memory Is Another Country

Voyage of Hope

Voyage of Hope

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