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Titre(s) : Mythbusting Vietnam [Texte imprimé] : facts, fictions, fantasies / edited by Catherine Earl
Publication : Copenhagen , Denmark : Nias press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi, 234 pages) ; 23 cm
Collection : Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, studies in Asian topics ; no. 65
Lien à la collection : Monograph series - Nordic institute of Asian studies
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Vietnam is studied and understood in myriad ways. Even so, much of this knowledge
is framed by a limited number of dominant paradigms. The concern of this volume -
which applies a postmodern approach to knowledge production in area studies - is to
highlight the value of knowledge diversity by challenging some of these paradigms
and the myths that are shaped within them. It recognizes that myths are not simply
mistakes and thus it does more than simply focus on debunking a dominant paradigmatic
view of `Vietnam'. Rather, and more complexly, it aims to explore myths as dynamic
yet incomplete representations of Vietnam understood as a multiplicity that can never
be captured as an entirety and which will continually undergo revisions as knowledge
of Vietnam develops. The purpose of this volume, thus, is twofold: first, to identify
problematic axiomatic knowledge and raise alternative possibilities and, second, to
highlight the value of interdisciplinarity and methodologically diverse approaches
in expanding and enhancing knowledge production. The collective effort of the contributors
to achieve these aims stem from their own recent and robust empirical research from
a variety of disciplinary approaches and perspectives. As a collective effort their
contributions present an inconclusive, unfinished and partial set of pictures of `Vietnam'
that illustrates the value of multiple ways of knowing within and beyond academic
knowledge making endeavours, and the risks of not doing so
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Earl, Catherine. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Mythologie -- Vietnam
Moeurs et coutumes -- Vietnam
Indice(s) Dewey :
959.7 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Viêt-Nam
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9788776942441. - ISBN 8776942449. - ISBN 9788776942434. - ISBN 8776942430 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45563344f
Notice n° :
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