Texts on Vietnamese Textiles
From: Molly O'Connell <meh145@columbia.edu>
Date: 2008/12/10
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
List,
Does anybody have suggestions for texts/resources on traditional textiles in Vietnam (produced by Vietnamese and/or minority groups)?
Thanks!
Molly Hartman-O'Connell
Columbia College '04
Downey McGrath Group, Inc.
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From: Diane Fox <DNFOX@holycross.edu>
Date: 2008/12/10
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
You might check with Duong Bich Hanh--last I knew her e-mail was dbhanh@u.washington.edu, but I don't know if this is still active.
Diane
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From: Oscar Salemink <OJHM.Salemink@fsw.vu.nl>
Date: 2008/12/10
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Professor Michael Howard, an anthropologist at Simon Fraser University in Canada, has published rather profusely about textiles in Southesast Asia, including Vietnam, sometimes co-authored with Be Kim Nhung. His university webpage has an impressive list of his books on textiles, including three titles on textiles from Vietnam.
Oscar Salemink
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From: Mariam B. Lam <mariamb@ucr.edu>
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:34 AM
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Hi Molly,
The Museum of Ethnology in Ha Noi has about three texts on Vietnamese textiles available for purchase, from what I recall. You can contact them directly at vme18@hn.vnn.vn or see their website at www.vne.org.vn
I don't remember the other titles, but the one I own is:
_Tai Textiles in the Mekong region: Continuity and change_, produced there.
Best,
Mariam Lam
UC Riverside
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From: Jean Michaud <michaudjean@yahoo.com>
Date: 2008/12/10
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
The following recent paper might be a useful lead regarding minorities:
Turner, S. 2007: Trading Old Textiles: the Selective Diversification of Highland Livelihoods in Northern Vietnam. Human Organization. 66 (4), 389-404.
Jean Michaud
Université Laval
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From: Cort, Louise <CORTLO@si.edu>
Date: 2008/12/10
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Another source is
H. Leedom Lefferts Jr.
Tai textiles in Vietnam: Three Landscapes
Asian Art & Culture [Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution], Winter 1994, pp. 62-77
Louise Cort
Curator for Ceramics
Freer + Sackler, Smithsonian
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From: Christian Cunningham Lentz <ccl4@cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:48 AM
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Hey Molly,
I would recommend the following reference because the edited papers
situate Vietnamese textiles in a broader regional context:
Puranananda, Jane, ed. 2004. THROUGH THE THREADS OF TIME: SOUTHEAST ASIAN
TEXTILES. James Thompson Foundation: Bangkok.
all best,
christian
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From: <whthrst@bellsouth.net>
Date: 2008/12/12
Subject: [Vsg] Textile Resources....
To: vsg@u.washington.edu
I might suggest that you contact the Centenary College Museum of Art in Shreveport Louisiana which has an expanding collection of Vietnamese textiles, based on the paintings and drawings of the French artist Despujols [sp?]. They should be very happy to share any contacts and resources they have.
Regards...Rob Whitehurst