Treacherous Subjects: Gender, Culture, and Trans-Vietnamese Feminism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439901786)

Treacherous Subjects is a provocative and thoughtful examination of Vietnamese films and literature viewed through a feminist lens. Lan Duong investigates the postwar cultural productions of writers and filmmakers, including Tony Bui, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and Tran Anh Hung. Taking her cue from the double meaning of collaborator, Duong shows how history has shaped the loyalties and shifting alliances of the Vietnamese, many of whom are caught between opposing/constricting forces of nationalism, patriarchy, and communism. Working at home and in France and the United States, the artists profiled in Treacherous Subjects have grappled with the political and historic meanings of collaboration. These themes, which probe into controversial issues of family and betrayal, figure heavily in fictions such as the films The Scent of Green Papaya and Surname Viet Given Name Nam.

Author: Lan P. Duong
ISBN-10: 1439901783
ISBN-13: 9781439901786
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2012
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d