2010 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The act of remembering is a means of bringing the past alive and an imaginative way of dealing with loss. It has been the subject of much recent scholarship and is of particular relevance at a time of widespread transnational migration. This book is a valuable and original contribution to the field of diaspora studies. Based on in-depth oral narratives of forty Vietnamese women, it deals with themes both universal and specific to this diaspora: divergent memories in families, the significance of homeland, the return to Vietnam, cross-cultural relationships, intergenerational tensions, and the issues of silence and unspoken trauma among Vietnamese refugees. It is the first study to apply memory and trauma theories to a substantial base of oral narratives by Vietnamese women in the West. Nguyen argues that understanding of these narratives provides not only an insight into the way Vietnamese women have dealt with loss, but also illuminates the experience of the wider Vietnamese diaspora and other refugees.

Memory Is Another Country: Women of the Vietnamese Diaspora

Biographies & Memoirs

Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen

Community & Culture

Praeger

"[An] outstanding book... The South Vietnamese military - which lost a quarter of a million men killed in action and nearly 1 million seriously wounded - has largely been ignored, forgotten or dismissed as irrelevant. This excellent and much-needed book, however, gives voices to those unknown soldiers of the Vietnam War, and constitutes an important and necessary addition to the burgeoning literature of the war." ― Vietnam Magazine "Nguyen's remarkable achievement is her ability to allow the veterans to speak for themselves in this groundbreaking study from that tragic conflict. Summing Up: ★★★★ Essential. All levels/libraries." ― Choice Published on the 40th anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam, this book brings to life the experiences and memories of South Vietnamese soldiers―the forgotten combatants of this controversial conflict. * Relates the stories of South Vietnamese soldiers through a compelling narrative driven by oral histories * Brings the experiences of these soldiers to life for the reader by sharing their compelling firsthand accounts * Draws on a key oral history collection newly established at the National Library of Australia in 2013-2014 * Provides fascinating insights into the soldiers' early years, their military service and experiences, and their post-war lives * Conveys the strength of will and resilience that enabled these men and women to endure the hardships of war, the defeat of their armed forces, the loss of their country, and the challenges of becoming refugees and resettling in new lands

South Vietnamese Soldiers: Memories of the Vietnam War and After

Historical

2007 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards - Shortlisted VOYAGE OF HOPE explores the experiences and journeys of Vietnamese women who arrived in Australia as part of the massive exodus of refugees from Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. It reveals women s memories of life in Vietnam during the French colonial period and after, throughout the war and its aftermath, and what motivated them to leave their homeland and embark on an often dangerous journey to freedom a voyage of hope that eventually led them to a new life in Australia.

Voyage of Hope: Vietnamese Australian Womens Narratives

Common Ground Publishing

This study of Vietnamese Francophone literature illuminates the topics of gender and cultural identity.

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel (Northern Illinois University Monograph Series on Southeast Asia, No. 6)

Southeast Asia Publications, Northern Illinois University

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Memory Is Another Country: Women of the Vietnamese Diaspora

South Vietnamese Soldiers: Memories of the Vietnam War and After

Voyage of Hope: Vietnamese Australian Womens Narratives

Vietnamese Voices: Gender and Cultural Identity in the Vietnamese Francophone Novel (Northern Illinois University Monograph Series on Southeast Asia, No. 6)