{"product_id":"vietnamese-objects","title":"Vietnamese objects: The material culture of resilience in the face of (de)colonization","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe material culture of resilience in the face of (de)colonisation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a colonial superpower, France left many traces in Vietnam: in the language, the food, but also in many objects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis book shows how these products and materials were appropriated by Vietnamese society and became authentic objects of contemporary Vietnam.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e#6 of the Visual Archives series, in cooperation with Triest Verlag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCà phê (coffee), cà phê phin (coffee filter), atisô (artichoke), xi nê ma (cinema), căng tin (canteen), xi-măng (cement), ghế tô nê (Thonet chair): In the Vietnamese language, many words and names of everyday objects clearly show their French origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough cultural anthropology, epistemology of Vietnamese design, and the sociology of objects, the research project Objets vietnamiens analyzes the production of objects in Vietnam in the light of French colonization and decolonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy means of reports, interviews, and research in various archival collections, the book reveals the mechanisms through which objects, foods, materials, and expertise became integrated into Vietnam to the point that they now display authentically Vietnamese characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the prism of design and applied arts, Quang Vinh Nguyen and Émilie Laystary take a decolonial and critical look at the creativity and adaptability of a country that has managed to appropriate the techniques of a dominant power. The resulting research work also becomes an archive of the present and provides insight into everyday life in Vietnam then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Triest Verlag GmbH\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Quang Vinh Nguyen, Émilie Laystary\u003cbr\u003eGraphic design by Chi-Long Trieu\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2025\u003cbr\u003eFrench \/ English\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover with flaps\u003cbr\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e24 × 16 × 2.7 cm\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9783038630906\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTriest Verlag\u003cbr\u003e© ECAL\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yvon Lambert Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58760248328540,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0085\/4913\/8498\/files\/objetsvietnamiens-1-creditsmarvinmerkel-2048x1536_5e3bc164-322b-446c-bf69-0a78f7903266.jpg?v=1787388648","url":"https:\/\/www.yvon-lambert.com\/products\/vietnamese-objects","provider":"Yvon Lambert Paris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}