Essays into Vietnamese Pasts

by K. W. Taylor (Editor), John K. Whitmore (Editor)

Overview

Essays that demonstrate ways to "read" the pasts of Vietnam through detailed analyses of its art, chronicles, legends, documents, and monuments. The book's many voices undermine the idea of a single Vietnamese past. All the essays, while varied, are connected by their common concerns with language and text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877277187
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Series:	Studies on Southeast Asia , #19
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Keith W. Taylor is Professor of Vietnamese Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of A History of the Vietnamese.

Editorial Reviews

This effort deserves high praise, for it has widened the scope of Vietnamese historiography and borne testimony to the depth and diversity of Vietnamese studies.

Crossroads

This effort deserves high praise, for it has widened the scope of Vietnamese historiography and borne testimony to the depth and diversity of Vietnamese studies.

-- "Crossroads"

From the Publisher