280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 2002 Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam is a study of the history and consequences of the revolutionary campaign to transform culture and ritual in northern Vietnam. Based upon official documents and several years of field research in Thinh Liet Commune, a Red River delta community near Hanoi, it provides the first detailed account of the nature of revolutionary... Read more
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Revolution Comes to Thinh Liet
1 The Land Reform: Redefining Society and Space
2. Redefining Culture and Morality
Part II: The Consequences of Revolution
3. Defining Causality
4. Reconstructing Funerary Ritual
5. How to Marry? The Consequences of the Campaign to Reform Marriage and Weddings
6. Commemorating War Dead in Thinh Liet Commune
7. Is Ho Chi Minh Our Guardian Spirit? Renegotiating Sacred Space and the Ritual Roles of Women
Conclusion: Morality and Meaning in a Changing World
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Shaun Kingsley Malarney
