Journal article
The past that will not pass: Vietnamese combat art and the ghosts of memory
TAASA review : the journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia, Vol.34(2), pp.12-14
2025
Abstract
War shapes art and art shapes how war is remembered. In the crucible of conflict that engulfed the Indochina Peninsula from 1946 to 1975, Vietnamese combat art from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) emerged as a distinct genre — a unique synthesis of revolutionary propaganda, the raw immediacy of guerrilla warfare, and the accumulated influences of artistic traditions nurtured and passed down through a lineage of artists…
Details
- Title
- The past that will not pass: Vietnamese combat art and the ghosts of memory
- Authors/Creators
- John Michael Swinbank - Murdoch University, School of Media and Communication
- Publication Details
- TAASA review : the journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia, Vol.34(2), pp.12-14
- Publisher
- The Asian Arts Society of Australia Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991005783133807891
- Copyright
- © The Asian Arts Society of Australia 2025
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Media and Communication; Indo-Pacific Research Centre
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Note
- Permission given from the Editor to attach this article.
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