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050 4 $aDS556.5$b.W54 2011
100 1 $aWilcox, Wynn,$d1974-
245 10 $aAllegories of the vietnamese past :$bunification and the production of a modern historical identity /$cWynn Wilcox.
260 $aNew Haven, CT :$bYale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies,$c2011.
300 $ax, 211 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aMonograph 61 / Yale Southeast Asia Studies
520 $a"In order to legitimate a particular ideal, such as the concept of a nation, various historians have embellished or even fabricated certain episodes in history to bolster a preferred vision of Vietnamese nationalism and to provide an ideological justification for their favored regime. This study proposes that the interpretation of historical allegories can elucidate the ideologies of unification and identity more effectively than resorting to a simple empirical approach to the past."--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aHistory, allegory, and the production of Vietnamese national identity -- A bishop and a prince -- Minh Mạng, the West, and the Xenophobia allegory -- Two poets and the Tây Sơn dynasty -- Allegories of unification and the US-Vietnam war -- In the same sampan--the allegory of Bùi Viện.
650 0 $aVietnamese reunification question (1954-1976)
651 0 $aVietnam$xHistory.
651 0 $aVietnam$xHistory$yTây Sơn dynasty, 1788-1802.
651 0 $aVietnam$xHistory$yNguyễn dynasty, 1802-1945.
830 0 $aMonograph series (Yale University. Southeast Asia Studies) ;$vno. 61.
852 00 $boff,glx$hDS556.5$i.W54 2011g