Of Vietnam

A rich space of criticism and document, Of Vietnam moves contemporary figurings of Vietnam out of the nostalgic enclaves of the past and the stagnant places of a mythological present into the rich potential of our historical epoch. This volume brings together creative works by photographers, established writers, poets, and artists from Vietnam and its diasporas, and critical pieces by scholars in the fields of anthropology, art history, history, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American and Vietnamese Francophone literary and cultural studies. Focusing on issues of identity, displacement, language, sexuality, and class, their contributions challenge reader conceptions of their own identities and encourage them to experience the multiplicity of experiences that make up the fabric of identity.