{"product_id":"vietnam-journeys-of-body-mind-and-spirit-paperback","title":"Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVan Huy Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLaurel Kendall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader on an informed and engaging journey into the social and ritual life of contemporary Vietnam. Created to accompany the first major collaboration between a Vietnamese museum and an American museum on an exhibition of Vietnamese culture, this book moves beyond the troubled wartime history of both nations to a deeper portrayal of how Vietnamese of different ages, ethnicities, occupations, and circumstances live at the start of the twenty-first century. The contributors--most of whom live and work in Vietnam, while others have spent many years in intimate association with Vietnamese life--offer a unique perspective on the country and its diverse cultural mosaic. The text is complemented by a rich collection of photographs and illustrations that capture the complexity and nuance of daily life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe journeys portrayed in this volume cut across virtually every domain of Vietnamese experience. Some take place on roads, railways, rivers, and footpaths, as family members come home for the New Year and traders carry goods precariously balanced on bicycles. Others are metaphorical: life is a journey marked by significant rituals, and the year is a journey mapped by a calendar with holidays as milestones along the way. Souls travel to the netherworld, while gods and ancestors return to the human world during celebrations in their honor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the Vietnam War dominated the consciousness of a generation of Americans, few understand the country and few can imagine what it is like today. Appearing more than a decade after Vietnam's entrance into the global market and more than a quarter century after the cessation of hostilities between the Vietnamese and U.S. governments, this book provides a new understanding of how Vietnamese live, work, and celebrate critical passages of life and time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopublished with the American Museum of Natural History and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNguyen Van Huy\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology and the principal author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Mosaic of Ethnic Groups in Vietnam \u003c\/i\u003e(1997). \u003cb\u003eLaurel Kendall\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator of the Asian Ethnographic Collections at the American Museum of Natural History. Her books include \u003ci\u003eGetting Married in Korea: Of Gender, Morality, and Modernity \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 1996) as well as several other works on gender and popular religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 303\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.9 x 7.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457527693565,"sku":"9780520238725","price":102.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/U3paZ0ErYXNyUnVTT2V5NTNXOUNzdz09.webp?v=1777238078","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/vietnam-journeys-of-body-mind-and-spirit-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}