essay

'Faithful, heroic, resourceful': changing images of women in Vietnam

Vietnamese society in transition : the daily politics of reform and changeAmsterdamPublished In 2001 • Pages: 265-280

By: Gammeltoft, Tine.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay explores continueties abnd changes in the was female subjectivity is defined in state discourses in socialist former North Vietnam. It also discusses the effects of this discourse on women's health and social status. In doing so, the author argues that women's everyday talk about health problems and physical weakness may be considered not only as passive suggering but also as active performance.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Drives and emotions
Morbidity
Population policy
Labor and leisure
Division of labor by gender
Occupational specialization
Personal hygiene
Gender status
Household
Family relationships
Political parties
Political movements
Ethnoanatomy
Ethnosociology
Menstruation
Conception
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1992-1994,1996 and 1997
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1977-1997
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Vietnam
NotesAdditional notes
Tine Gammeltoft
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2001460704
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnamese