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Literature and Nation-Building in Vietnam The Invisibilization of the Indians

By Chi P. Pham Copyright 2021
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes why Indians have been made invisible in Vietnamese society and historiography. It argues that their invisibilization originates in the formulaic metaphor Vietnamese nation-makers have used to portray Indians in their quest for national sovereignty and socialism. The book presents a complex view on colonial legacies in Vietnam which suggests that Vietnamese nation-makers... Read more

Introduction  1. Categorization of "Indians" in Vietnam: Lingering Colonial Ethnicization  2. Constructing Enemies of the Revolution: Bloodsucking “Chà và,” “Sét ty,” and “Tây đen” as Metaphors of Colonial Capitalists  3. Continuing Class and National Struggles: Bloodsucking Sét-ty and "Chà gác dan" Metaphors in South Vietnam  4. Constructing a Socialist Image of Nation: Proletarianizing the Indians in North Vietnam 5. Writing the Post-1975 Nation: Indians as Dead, Voiceless and Haunting Remains  6. Haunting Colonialism: Uncategorized Indians and the Rise of "Ấn kiều" (Overseas Indians)

Biography

Chi P. Pham is a researcher at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam, and an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, University of Hamburg, Germany.