ISBN:
9781350007055
,
9781350007031
,
9781350007024
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (226 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
1st edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Cottage industries
;
Handicraft industries
;
United States Relations
;
Vietnam Relations
;
Vietnamesen
;
Flüchtling
;
USA
;
Handwerk
;
Förderung
Abstract:
"Jennifer Way's study The Politics of Vietnamese Craft uncovers a little-known chapter in the history of American cultural diplomacy, in which Vietnamese craft production was encouraged and shaped by the US State Department as an object for consumption by middle class America"--
Abstract:
Introduction: Vietnam at home, 1955-1961 -- Chapter 1, State Department and United Nations Foundations for Vietnamese Craft Aid -- Chapter 2, Designer as Diplomat -- Chapter 3, Refugee as Artisan: The Image of Vietnamese Craft -- Chapter 4, The U.S., North Vietnam, and South Vietnam: Competing Narratives of Craft -- Chapter 5, From Salvaging to Merchandising: Exhibiting Vietnamese Craft for American Consumers -- Chapter 6, Artifact, Art, Craft: Displaying and Collecting Different Vietnams.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.5040/9781350007055
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