{"product_id":"9781526162502","title":"The unimagined community","description":"Author: Duy Lap Nguyen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526162502\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Feb 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 296 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e unimagined community\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e presents a wide-ranging study of South Vietnamese culture, from political philosophy and psychological warfare to popular culture and film. The book pursues the provocative claim that in its early phase the conflict was not an anti-communist crusade, but a struggle between two different forms of anti-colonial communism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eunimagined community\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a reexamination of the Vietnam War from a perspective that has been largely excluded from historical accounts of the conflict, that of the South Vietnamese. Challenging the conventional view that the war was a struggle between the Vietnamese people and US imperialism, the study presents a wide-ranging investigation of South Vietnamese culture, from political philosophy and psychological warfare to popular culture and film. Beginning with a genealogy of the concept of a Vietnamese \u0026amp;quot;culture,\u0026amp;quot; as the latter emerged during the colonial period, the book concludes with a reflection on the rise of popular culture during the American intervention. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920526753950,"sku":"ING-9781526162502","price":45.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526162502.jpg?v=1782823139","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526162502","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}