Diem‐my T Bui
Biographic Data
| ID | 4879846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diem‐my T Bui |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diem‐my T |
| FAMILY NAME | Bui |
| SIGNATURE | BUI D M T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Monster Culture in the 21st Century
In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism, global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These fears and tensions reflect an evermore-interconnected global environment where increased mobility of people, technologies, and disease have produced great social, political, and economical uncertainty
“She's the Real Thing”
This chapter examines three US‐produced films about Vietnam released post‐embargo: Heaven and Earth (1993), The Quiet American (2002), and Three Seasons (1999). By considering the discursive construction of the films, including how the actresses participate or are represented in them, I explore variations on Trinh T. Minh‐ha's question on the Other: Who speaks? What speaks? How does the speaker establish knowledge about Vietnamese women when “spe…
Reporting on Madame Nhu in the Viet Nam War
This article examines how figurations of Vietnamese women in the popular US imagination played significant roles in explaining, justifying, criticizing, or creating sympathy for US involvement in the war in Viet Nam. Bui looks to the clashes between Madame Nhu's efforts to manage her public persona with Orientalist discourses in circulation about this “dragon lady,” in both prowar and antiwar considerations
Six Feet Tall
This solo performance text visits an experience of a Vietnamese American woman reclaiming voice. The text situates itself in the racial and ethnic dis course on identity, particularly assumptions on sexual and feminine iden tity. The text brings the Vietnamese American female body to a site for criti cal examination of these discourses
Six Feet Tall
This solo performance text visits an experience of a Vietnamese American woman reclaiming voice. The text situates itself in the racial and ethnic dis course on identity, particularly assumptions on sexual and feminine iden tity. The text brings the Vietnamese American female body to a site for criti cal examination of these discourses
Six Feet Tall
This solo performance text visits an experience of a Vietnamese American woman reclaiming voice. The text situates itself in the racial and ethnic dis course on identity, particularly assumptions on sexual and feminine iden tity. The text brings the Vietnamese American female body to a site for criti cal examination of these discourses
“She's the Real Thing”
This chapter examines three US‐produced films about Vietnam released post‐embargo: Heaven and Earth (1993), The Quiet American (2002), and Three Seasons (1999). By considering the discursive construction of the films, including how the actresses participate or are represented in them, I explore variations on Trinh T. Minh‐ha's question on the Other: Who speaks? What speaks? How does the speaker establish knowledge about Vietnamese women when “spe…
Reporting on Madame Nhu in the Viet Nam War
This article examines how figurations of Vietnamese women in the popular US imagination played significant roles in explaining, justifying, criticizing, or creating sympathy for US involvement in the war in Viet Nam. Bui looks to the clashes between Madame Nhu's efforts to manage her public persona with Orientalist discourses in circulation about this “dragon lady,” in both prowar and antiwar considerations
Monster Culture in the 21st Century
In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism, global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These fears and tensions reflect an evermore-interconnected global environment where increased mobility of people, technologies, and disease have produced great social, political, and economical uncertainty
Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Vietnamese (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)