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An Epistemology of Gender: Historical Notes on the Homosexual Body in Contemporary Vietnam, 1986 - 2005 / Richard Quang – Anh Tran // Journal of Vietnamese Studies 2014, Vol. 9, No. 2
2014
p. 1-45

This article traces the meaning of same-sex sexuality in Vietnamese-language popular sources from the Renovation period to the early years of the millennium to argue that one dominant meaning prevailed: the idea that homosexual identity is synonymous with gender-crossing. Historical studies have shown that in certain times and places, same-sex sexuality was predicated on other variables, such as status and power, not gender. Yet, the Vietnamese sources insist on the centrality of gender in homosexual definition. This article discusses two historical discourses, one medical and the other state-sponsored, that contributed to the shaping of this definition.
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Changes in Social Capital: A Case Study of Collective Rice Farming Practices in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Le Anh Tuan, Alison Cottrell, David King. // Journal of Vietnamese Studies 2014, Vol. 9, No. 2
2014
p. 68 - 99.

This paper describes how the social capital of rice farmers of the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, as manifested in the tradition of collective farming practice, has changed. Collective rice farming persisted for decades, irrespective of critical events that challenged its continuation, due to two key factors: the high need for collective farming to ensure subsistence, and the availability of a closely knit social network that facilitated the exchange of labor. Despite its longevity, the practice of collective farming, particularly in terms of labor exchange and mutual aid in farming activities, has not been maintained under current agrarian reforms. Land reform, increased mechanization, and shortened crop cycles leading to labor shortages have all resulted in individualized rice farming, making mobilization for spontaneous collective action at the community level challenging.
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Contests over Land in Rural Vietnam / Philip Taylor. // Journal of Vietnamese Studies 2014, Vol. 9, No. 3
2014
p.1 - 18.

This essay explores the contestatory nature of land disputes in rural Vietnam. It builds on the findings of the research essays in this special issue and on recent scholarship to identify what is politically significant about contemporary land conflicts. Rural land disputes implicate a multiplicity of state, quasi-state and non-state actors in public, sometimes violent, contestations over the values attached to land. Their overt, discursive and contentious characteristics, the complex dynamics of protest and dispute mediation, and the manner by which disputants engage and disengage from their state representatives are identified as important dimensions of rural land politics in modern Vietnam