Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965-1975
North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences of growing up during the Vietnamese War. The book gives a unique perspective on the conflict through the prism of adult-youth relations. By studying these relations, including educational systems, social organizations, and texts created by and for children during the war, Olga Dror analyzes how the two societies dealt with their wartime experience and strove to shape their futures. She examines the socialization and politicization of Vietnamese children and teenagers, contrasting the North's highly centralized agenda of indoctrination with the South, which had no such policy, and explores the results of these varied approaches. By considering the influence of Western culture on the youth of the South and of socialist culture on the youth of the North, we learn how the youth cultures of both Vietnams diverged from their prewar paths and from each other.
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Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965-1975
North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences of growing up during the Vietnamese War. The book gives a unique perspective on the conflict through the prism of adult-youth relations. By studying these relations, including educational systems, social organizations, and texts created by and for children during the war, Olga Dror analyzes how the two societies dealt with their wartime experience and strove to shape their futures. She examines the socialization and politicization of Vietnamese children and teenagers, contrasting the North's highly centralized agenda of indoctrination with the South, which had no such policy, and explores the results of these varied approaches. By considering the influence of Western culture on the youth of the South and of socialist culture on the youth of the North, we learn how the youth cultures of both Vietnams diverged from their prewar paths and from each other.
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Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965-1975

Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965-1975

by Olga Dror
Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965-1975

Making Two Vietnams: War and Youth Identities, 1965-1975

by Olga Dror

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North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences of growing up during the Vietnamese War. The book gives a unique perspective on the conflict through the prism of adult-youth relations. By studying these relations, including educational systems, social organizations, and texts created by and for children during the war, Olga Dror analyzes how the two societies dealt with their wartime experience and strove to shape their futures. She examines the socialization and politicization of Vietnamese children and teenagers, contrasting the North's highly centralized agenda of indoctrination with the South, which had no such policy, and explores the results of these varied approaches. By considering the influence of Western culture on the youth of the South and of socialist culture on the youth of the North, we learn how the youth cultures of both Vietnams diverged from their prewar paths and from each other.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108455244
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/12/2020
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 5.91(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Olga Dror is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Texas A & M University.

Table of Contents

1. Educational systems of the DRV and the RVN; 2. Social organizations in the DRV and the RVN; 3. Publication venues and policies in the DRV and the RVN and prevalent currents in publications; 4. Educational and social narratives through texts in the DRV; 5. Educational and social narratives through texts in the RVN; Conclusion.
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