Voices of Vietnam: a century of radio, red music, and revolution

On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh read out the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence over a makeshift wired loudspeaker system to thousands of listeners in Hanoi. Five days later, Ho's Viet Minh forces set up a clandestine radio station using equipment brought to Southeast Asia by colonial tra...

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Main Author: Ó Briain, Lonán 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Map
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2021
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197558232.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197558232.001.0001
Summary:On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh read out the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence over a makeshift wired loudspeaker system to thousands of listeners in Hanoi. Five days later, Ho's Viet Minh forces set up a clandestine radio station using equipment brought to Southeast Asia by colonial traders. The revolutionaries garnered support for their coalition on air by interspersing political narratives with red music. Voice of Vietnam Radio (VOV) grew from these communist and colonial foundations to become one of the largest producers of music in contemporary Vietnam. In this comprehensive English-language study on the history of radio music in mainland Southeast Asia, Lonán Ó Briain examines the broadcast voices that reconfigured Vietnam's cultural, social, and political landscape over a century
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (220 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780197558270
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197558232.001.0001