Behind the Scenes, in the Forefront: Vietnamese Women in War and Peace

作者:
Lady Borton
作者单位:
The Gioi (World) Publishers
摘要:
This essay explores contributions to Vietnamese history by Vi?t Nam’s first historical generals (who were women) as well as by women from the Vietnamese Communist Party’s early years through the French-American War (1945–1954) and the American War (1954?1975). It discusses how women used Confucian subservience, gender-determined dress, and traditional roles to supply local soldiers, gather intelligence, and resist the French and American armies. I provide information, documents, and photographs gathered by completing annotated book translations and by engaging in conversations and interviews conducted in Vietnamese over the course of nearly fifty years, including accounts from both famous and ordinary Vietnamese women. Their stories are unique yet representative of the experiences of many wartime participants.
语种:
EN
DOI:
10.16995/ane.276
来源期刊:
The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts
出版商:
Open Library of Humanities
年,卷(期):
2018;25(1):7-59