Kiều Chinh

Review| February 01 2024 Kiều Chinh: An Artist in Exile; A Memoir, by Kiều Chinh; and Love Found and Lost: The Kim Vui Story, by Kim Vui Kiều Chinh, Kiều Chinh: An Artist in Exile; A Memoir.Irvine, CA: Văn Học, 2021. 500 pages. $40.00 (hardcover).Kim Vui, Love Found and Lost: The Kim Vui Story.Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2022. 260 pages. $26.95 (hardcover), $9.95 (e-book). Vinh Phu Pham Vinh Phu Pham Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Queens Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2024) 19 (1): 137–143. https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2024.19.1.137 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Vinh Phu Pham; Kiều Chinh: An Artist in Exile; A Memoir, by Kiều Chinh; and Love Found and Lost: The Kim Vui Story, by Kim Vui. Journal of Vietnamese Studies 1 February 2024; 19 (1): 137–143. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2024.19.1.137 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of Vietnamese Studies Search For cinema fans and academics interested in the former Republic of Vietnam (RVN), it has been quite a treat for two memoirs to come out in quick succession, written by two of the most iconic figures of the Sài Gòn entertainment scene during the 1960s and 1970s: Kiều Chinh and Kim Vui (née Nguyễn Thị Chinh and Nguyệt Chiếu, respectively). While typically the draw of artist memoirs is the celebrity status and private lives of their subjects, these new titles are also closely tied to the history of Vietnam's twentieth-century wars and to the refugee crisis that led to the formation of Vietnamese diasporic communities abroad. As stars of classic films such as Từ Sài Gòn tới Điện Biên [From Sài Gòn to Điện Biên] (1970) and Chân trời tím [The Purple Horizon] (1971), Kiều Chinh and Kim Vui were both participants in constructing a vision of cinematic nationalism. Their... You do not currently have access to this content

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