Peter Zinoman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1251789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Zinoman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Zinoman |
| SIGNATURE | ZINOMAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Interview with Trương Huy San (Huy Đức)
This interview with the Vietnamese journalist and author Huy Đức covers his life and work up to 2013. In addition to providing a detailed biography of this important figure, the interview sheds light on many critical issues in modern Vietnamese history: the rise and fall of the collective farm system, the role of the military as an avenue of social mobility, Vietnam’s wars with Cambodia and China during the 1970s and ’80s, the liberalization of V…
Life Is Long and Messy
I have not paid attention to high-profile trials in Vietnam for many years because I have no desire to come off as a dog that slobbers over any old bone. After all, every shred of information we consume about these cases originates from a single source: Vietnamese state media. In this space, slices of truth are portioned like cuts of meat, thick or thin based on the specific meal that is being prepared and the discretion of the chef. Non-state me…
An Interview with Dương Tường (1932–2023), Mid-Summer 1993, Hà Nội
The death of the eminent Vietnamese translator and poet Dương Tường on February 24, 2023,1 provides an occasion to publish the following previously unreleased interview, carried out at his home on Phan Huy Chú Lane in central Hà Nội during the summer of 1993. The interview was conducted by Trần Hạnh and Peter Zinoman for a documentary film (which was never completed) about the impact of Renovation [Đổi Mới]—the Communist Party’s sweeping liberal …
Letter to Dạ Thảo Phương
When the Poet Did Not Rape Completely
A Lonely Stroke That Slanted the Sky
Research Article| August 01 2021 A Lonely Stroke That Slanted the Sky Phạm Thị Hoȧi; Phạm Thị Hoȧi Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm; Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Peter Zinoman Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2021) 16 (3): 122–128. https://do…
We Are Lucky to Still Have Nguyễn Huy Thiệp
Research Article| August 01 2021 We Are Lucky to Still Have Nguyễn Huy Thiệp Vương Trí Nhàn; Vương Trí Nhàn Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm; Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Peter Zinoman Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2021) 16 (3): 119–122. h…
Nhân Văn Giai Phẩm on Trial
On January 19, 1960, the People’s Court of Hà Nội of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) staged a show-trial for five defendants accused of participating in the famous domestic political protest movement known as Nhân Văn - Giai Phẩm. The defendants included the well-known political activist Nguyễn Hữu Đang and the celebrated female writer Thụy An, both of whom were found guilty and issued fifteen-year prison sentences. Based on a lengthy re…
Colonizing Minds and Bodies
Vietnamese Colonial Republican
Sources of Vu Trong Phung's Colonial Republicanism 2. Capitalism and Social Reform 3. The Question of Communism 4. The Crisis of Vietnamese Sexuality 5. Banning Vu Trong Phung Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Vietnamese Colonial Republican
This volume is a comprehensive study of Vietnam’s greatest and most controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28. Vu Trong Phung is known for a remarkable collection of politically provocative novels and sensational works of non-fiction reportage that were banned by the communist state from 1960 to 1986. Leading Vietnam scholar, Zinoman, resurrects the life and work of an important intellectual and author in orde…
Nhân Văn—Giai Phẩm and Vietnamese “Reform Communism” in the 1950s
This article reexamines Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm (NVGP), a political protest movement led by intellectuals that coalesced in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1956. The article reassesses the development of the movement and the internal composition of its leadership. Through a close reading of the major publications produced by NVGP, the article takes issue with the conventional view, which characterizes the movement as a robust grouping of politic…
Dumb Luck
Rethinking Aspects of Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Indonesia and East Timor
Research Article| August 01 2002 Rethinking Aspects of Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Indonesia and East Timor Peter Zinoman, Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nancy Lee Peluso Nancy Lee Peluso Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (2002) 42 (4): 545–549. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2002.42.4.545 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures…
ONE Reading Revolutionary Prison Memoirs
The Colonial Bastille
Peter Zinoman's original and insightful study focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. Using prison memoirs, newspaper articles, and extensive archival records, Zinoman presents a wealth of significant new information to document how colonial prisons, rather than quelling political dissent and maintaining order, instead became institutions that promote…
Colonial Prisons and Anti-colonial Resistance in French Indochina
Between the pacification of Tonkin in the late 1880s and the Nghe-Tinh Soviet Movement of 1930-31, the Thai Nguyen Rebellion was the largest and most destructive anti-colonial uprising to occur in French Indochina. On August 31, 1917, an eclectic band of political prisoners, common criminals and mutinous prison guards seized the Thai Nguyen Penitentiary, the largest penal institution in northern Tonkin. From their base within the penitentiary, th…
Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep
Research Article| May 01 1994 Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep Peter Zinoman Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (1994) 2 (2): 294–317. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-2-2-294 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Zinoman; Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep. positions 1 May 1994; 2 (2): 294–317. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-2-2-294…
The Colonial Bastille
Peter Zinoman's original and insightful study focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. Using prison memoirs, newspaper articles, and extensive archival records, Zinoman presents a wealth of significant new information to document how colonial prisons, rather than quelling political dissent and maintaining order, instead became institutions that promote…
Vietnamese Colonial Republican
Sources of Vu Trong Phung's Colonial Republicanism 2. Capitalism and Social Reform 3. The Question of Communism 4. The Crisis of Vietnamese Sexuality 5. Banning Vu Trong Phung Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Colonial Prisons and Anti-colonial Resistance in French Indochina
Between the pacification of Tonkin in the late 1880s and the Nghe-Tinh Soviet Movement of 1930-31, the Thai Nguyen Rebellion was the largest and most destructive anti-colonial uprising to occur in French Indochina. On August 31, 1917, an eclectic band of political prisoners, common criminals and mutinous prison guards seized the Thai Nguyen Penitentiary, the largest penal institution in northern Tonkin. From their base within the penitentiary, th…
Nhân Văn Giai Phẩm on Trial
On January 19, 1960, the People’s Court of Hà Nội of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) staged a show-trial for five defendants accused of participating in the famous domestic political protest movement known as Nhân Văn - Giai Phẩm. The defendants included the well-known political activist Nguyễn Hữu Đang and the celebrated female writer Thụy An, both of whom were found guilty and issued fifteen-year prison sentences. Based on a lengthy re…
Nhân Văn—Giai Phẩm and Vietnamese “Reform Communism” in the 1950s
This article reexamines Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm (NVGP), a political protest movement led by intellectuals that coalesced in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1956. The article reassesses the development of the movement and the internal composition of its leadership. Through a close reading of the major publications produced by NVGP, the article takes issue with the conventional view, which characterizes the movement as a robust grouping of politic…
Rethinking Aspects of Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Indonesia and East Timor
Research Article| August 01 2002 Rethinking Aspects of Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Indonesia and East Timor Peter Zinoman, Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nancy Lee Peluso Nancy Lee Peluso Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (2002) 42 (4): 545–549. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2002.42.4.545 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures…
Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep
Research Article| May 01 1994 Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep Peter Zinoman Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (1994) 2 (2): 294–317. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-2-2-294 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Zinoman; Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep. positions 1 May 1994; 2 (2): 294–317. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-2-2-294…
Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep
Research Article| May 01 1994 Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep Peter Zinoman Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google positions (1994) 2 (2): 294–317. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-2-2-294 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Peter Zinoman; Declassifying Nguyen Huy Thiep. positions 1 May 1994; 2 (2): 294–317. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-2-2-294…
Colonial Prisons and Anti-colonial Resistance in French Indochina
Between the pacification of Tonkin in the late 1880s and the Nghe-Tinh Soviet Movement of 1930-31, the Thai Nguyen Rebellion was the largest and most destructive anti-colonial uprising to occur in French Indochina. On August 31, 1917, an eclectic band of political prisoners, common criminals and mutinous prison guards seized the Thai Nguyen Penitentiary, the largest penal institution in northern Tonkin. From their base within the penitentiary, th…
ONE Reading Revolutionary Prison Memoirs
The Colonial Bastille
Peter Zinoman's original and insightful study focuses on the colonial prison system in French Indochina and its role in fostering modern political consciousness among the Vietnamese. Using prison memoirs, newspaper articles, and extensive archival records, Zinoman presents a wealth of significant new information to document how colonial prisons, rather than quelling political dissent and maintaining order, instead became institutions that promote…
Dumb Luck
Rethinking Aspects of Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Indonesia and East Timor
Research Article| August 01 2002 Rethinking Aspects of Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Indonesia and East Timor Peter Zinoman, Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nancy Lee Peluso Nancy Lee Peluso Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (2002) 42 (4): 545–549. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2002.42.4.545 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures…
Nhân Văn—Giai Phẩm and Vietnamese “Reform Communism” in the 1950s
This article reexamines Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm (NVGP), a political protest movement led by intellectuals that coalesced in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1956. The article reassesses the development of the movement and the internal composition of its leadership. Through a close reading of the major publications produced by NVGP, the article takes issue with the conventional view, which characterizes the movement as a robust grouping of politic…
Vietnamese Colonial Republican
This volume is a comprehensive study of Vietnam’s greatest and most controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28. Vu Trong Phung is known for a remarkable collection of politically provocative novels and sensational works of non-fiction reportage that were banned by the communist state from 1960 to 1986. Leading Vietnam scholar, Zinoman, resurrects the life and work of an important intellectual and author in orde…
Colonizing Minds and Bodies
Vietnamese Colonial Republican
Sources of Vu Trong Phung's Colonial Republicanism 2. Capitalism and Social Reform 3. The Question of Communism 4. The Crisis of Vietnamese Sexuality 5. Banning Vu Trong Phung Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Nhân Văn Giai Phẩm on Trial
On January 19, 1960, the People’s Court of Hà Nội of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) staged a show-trial for five defendants accused of participating in the famous domestic political protest movement known as Nhân Văn - Giai Phẩm. The defendants included the well-known political activist Nguyễn Hữu Đang and the celebrated female writer Thụy An, both of whom were found guilty and issued fifteen-year prison sentences. Based on a lengthy re…
A Lonely Stroke That Slanted the Sky
Research Article| August 01 2021 A Lonely Stroke That Slanted the Sky Phạm Thị Hoȧi; Phạm Thị Hoȧi Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm; Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Peter Zinoman Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2021) 16 (3): 122–128. https://do…
We Are Lucky to Still Have Nguyễn Huy Thiệp
Research Article| August 01 2021 We Are Lucky to Still Have Nguyễn Huy Thiệp Vương Trí Nhàn; Vương Trí Nhàn Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm; Nguyễn Nguyệt Cầm Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Peter Zinoman Peter Zinoman Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2021) 16 (3): 119–122. h…
Letter to Dạ Thảo Phương
When the Poet Did Not Rape Completely
An Interview with Dương Tường (1932–2023), Mid-Summer 1993, Hà Nội
The death of the eminent Vietnamese translator and poet Dương Tường on February 24, 2023,1 provides an occasion to publish the following previously unreleased interview, carried out at his home on Phan Huy Chú Lane in central Hà Nội during the summer of 1993. The interview was conducted by Trần Hạnh and Peter Zinoman for a documentary film (which was never completed) about the impact of Renovation [Đổi Mới]—the Communist Party’s sweeping liberal …
Interview with Trương Huy San (Huy Đức)
This interview with the Vietnamese journalist and author Huy Đức covers his life and work up to 2013. In addition to providing a detailed biography of this important figure, the interview sheds light on many critical issues in modern Vietnamese history: the rise and fall of the collective farm system, the role of the military as an avenue of social mobility, Vietnam’s wars with Cambodia and China during the 1970s and ’80s, the liberalization of V…
Life Is Long and Messy
I have not paid attention to high-profile trials in Vietnam for many years because I have no desire to come off as a dog that slobbers over any old bone. After all, every shred of information we consume about these cases originates from a single source: Vietnamese state media. In this space, slices of truth are portioned like cuts of meat, thick or thin based on the specific meal that is being prepared and the discretion of the chef. Non-state me…
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