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Vietnam Documented

The British Library's Vietnamese Collection
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Explore Vietnam's rich literary and graphic design history. Vietnam has a strong literary culture that dates back to Confucian influence and has remained important today. Using Vietnamese books, documents, and manuscripts from the collection of the British Library, Vietnam Documented gives a window into that heritage and represents key incidents in Vietnamese social, cultural, and political history. It also highlights the visual sophistication of Vietnamese design, drawing on Chinese and French models and socialist styles in art and design. An informative text by the long-time Keeper of the Vietnamese collection, Sud Chonchirdsin, introduces the book. Among the earliest documents in the Library's collection is a 17th-century royal letter to the English East India Company. Other highlights include a travel diary of a member of one of the last of Vietnam's tribute missions to the Imperial court in China (1880) and a beautifully illustrated manuscript of the classic Tale of KiE`u. The strength of the collection lies in materials collected during Vietnam's twentieth-century struggle for independence-including rare periodicals from North Vietnam-that show how artists were mobilized in wartime. This accessible, full-color introduction to an under-appreciated design heritage is a welcome view into a beautiful culture.
Sud Chonchirdsin received his PhD from SOAS, University of London and taught Vietnamese history and language at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, and Thai language at SOAS. He served as curator for Vietnamese at the British Library until 2019.
Preface Introduction The formation of the Vietnamese collection Vietnamese manuscripts Vietnamese theatre Fifty shades of Kie`u Mythical creatures in Vietnamese culture Vietnam and dragons Early dictionaries of Southeast Asian languages Classes and costume in traditional Vietnamese society Vietnamese traditional markets Vietnam War art Women and the Vietnam War Children in the Vietnam War War cartoons and propaganda from North Vietnam Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War Vietnamese collection milestone: Retroconversion of the card catalogue Bibliography
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