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In one of the first in-depth accounts of a society long rendered virtually inaccessible by war and political closure, Philip Taylor explores how the southern region of Vietnam was integrated politically and conceptually into the unified nation. Showing the ways in which modernity has been adapted as an indigenous identity in Vietnam, he traces the recent volatile path of such self-identification. <p>The post-war government's policies towards southern Vietnam's international cultural exchange altered from initial rejection to qualified embrace. However, the state policies drew criticism from many locals with different ideas about their own identity as 'modern', as they were concerned about the impacts of economic liberalisation and political authoritarianism. Taylor pays particular attention to the many dimensions of Vietnamese music as a rich response to profound historical and social upheavals, the policies which saw much popular music being banned on the grounds that it was not authentically modern, and the ways Vietnamese people imagined and talk about their identity and history through the reference point of music.</p> <p> A case study of the diversity of ways in which social,

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Author

Philip Taylor

Publisher

Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen & Unwin ; University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824824174

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Education