Open AccessANTROPOLOGIE SOCIÁLNÍCH VZTAHŮ V SOUDOBÉM VIETNAMU
Author(s) -
Michal Schwarz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acc journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1803-9790
pISSN - 1803-9782
DOI - 10.15240/tul/004/2021-3-010
Subject(s) - cult , face (sociological concept) , vietnamese , sacrifice , ethnography , sociology , point (geometry) , gender studies , social psychology , psychology , linguistics , anthropology , social science , theology , philosophy , geometry , mathematics
This review article presents a publication on ethnographic, linguistic, and social relations in the families that remained in Vietnam after the wars. Some family members still face post-war pressures and war trauma. Others face the social imperatives of caring for their elderly or sick relatives. Limitations in personal life are the main concept of the book reviewed which focuses on the role of the personal sacrifice. This is complemented by the social relations of love and care, the cult of ancestors and the demand for filial devotion. In Vietnamese families, these rules are fixed and are reflected in the linguistic means of communication (e.g., mother—child), which the author analyses from the linguistic point of view and documents it with the use of photographs of communication situations. The review points to alternative interpretations and cultural specifics of living traditions of magical thinking and polygamy.