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Author Ó Briain, Lonán, 1983- author.

Title Voices of Vietnam : a century of radio, red music, and revolution / Lonán Ó Briain
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 205 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction. On Radio, Red Music, and Revolution -- Sound, Technology, and Culture in French Indochina -- Battle for the Airwaves during the First Indochina War -- Songs of the Golden Age in the Democratic Republic -- National Radio in the Reform Era -- Studio Production in Contemporary Vietnam -- Epilogue. Nostalgia for the Past, Hope for the Future
Summary "On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence via 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 (nhạc đỏ). Voice of Vietnam Radio (VOV) grew from these communist and colonial foundations to become contemporary Vietnam's largest producer of music. In the first 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. Ó Briain draws on a year of ethnographic fieldwork at the VOV studios (2016-17), interviews with radio employees and listeners, historical recordings and broadcasts, and archival research in Vietnam, France, and the United States. From the Indochinese radio clubs of the 1920s to the 75th anniversary celebrations of the VOV in 2020, Voices of Vietnam offers a fresh perspective on this turbulent period by demonstrating how music production and sound reproduction are integral to the unyielding process of state formation"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2021)
Subject Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam.
SUBJECT Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam fast
Subject Music -- Political aspects -- Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Radio and music -- Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Music -- Political aspects
Radio and music
Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021030774
ISBN 9780197558263
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9780197558256
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