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Author Peycam, Philippe M. F., author

Title The birth of Vietnamese political journalism : Saigon, 1916-1930 / Philippe M.F. Peycam
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : maps
Contents Introduction -- 1. Social order in the colonial city -- 2. French Republicanism and the emergence of Saigon's public sphere -- 3. In search of a political role (1916-1923) -- 4. Scandals and mobilization (1923-1926) -- 5. The limits to oppositional journalism (1926-1930) -- Conclusion
Summary "Peycam looks at how the journalism that came out of colonial Saigon became a powerful tool for political activism, and a vehicle for mobilizing and unleashing popular forces. The manuscript covers the evolution of Vietnamese journalism in colonial Saigon from its inception (before 1916) to its transformation beginning in 1930, with the impact of the Great Depression on the one hand and the onset of mass protest movements on the other. Inspired by Habermas, the author argues that what contemporary Vietnamese called the "newspaper village" journalism created an unprecedented public sphere in which all sorts of issues could be and were debated. He also traces its gradual shift from a forum for advocacy and debate to a vehicle for popular mobilization, as many of those who became journalists saw newspapers more as vehicles for the expression of opinions than for the dissemination of information. By looking at the links between colonial capitalism and new possibilities for self-expression and nationalism, Peycam illuminates the role of the colonial state in setting the parameters for journalistic activities, subsidizing those it wished to use as its propaganda instrument and fighting those it deemed inimical to its interests."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Journalism -- Political aspects -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History -- 20th century
Government and the press -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History -- 20th century
Press and politics -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History -- 20th century
Nationalism -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- History -- 20th century
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Government and the press
Journalism -- Political aspects
Nationalism
Politics and government
Press and politics
SUBJECT Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011027412
ISBN 9780231528047
0231528043