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"Hero and Deity" is an eloquent and fascinating journey into the world of the worshippers and the cult of Tran Hung Dao. The legendary fourteenth-century hero and saviour of Vietnam has evolved as a key symbol of the nation as well as an efficacious deity in its spiritual pantheon. Today he is a ubiquitous, multivalent symbol of the contradictions of contemporary Vietnamese society. Intertwined with this rich ethnography is a work of self-interrogation and engagement with the author's complex and changing 'home', and with the diverse women and men - intellectuals, Communist Party cadres, and market sellers alike - whose lives are centered to a significant degree around the cult of Saint Tran and other deities. The book is a contribution to the ethnography of Vietnam, cultural studies, and Asian studies and also an original and stimulating introduction to contemporary Vietnamese society. Pham Quynh Phuong is a researcher at the Institute of Cultural Studies, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology

• Full title: Hero and Deity
• Subtitle: Tran Hung Dao and the Resurgence of Popular Religion in Vietnam
• Author: Phuong Pham
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9789743031571
• ISBN: 974303157X
• ID: 05062360
• Publisher: Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
• Weight: 268 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. March 2009

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