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Text Box:   Syllabus Mentoring Project Exam1Questions                                                                                    Week 1: Introduction 8/22:  Introduction   8/24: "Cultural Skit" by Paris by Night   Week 2-4: Vietnamese Cultural History 8/29-9/14:  Keith Taylor's The Birth of Vietnam, Chap. 1, in Course Reader Alexander Woodside's Vietnamese History, p.21-48 Alexander Woodside's Vietnam and the Chinese Model, Chap. 1, in Course Reader                        Alexander Woodside's Review of The Le Code Tang Thanh Trai Le's Review Vietnamese Traditions of Human Rights Ian Glover's Letting the past serve the present Nguyen Van Ky's Rethinking the Status of Women in Folklore and Oral History Gerald Hickey's Vietnamese Village, p.1-25    Suggested Internet Readings: General Vietnam History Timeline and Early Major Events by Prof. Earnest Bolt  Hue-Tam Ho Tai's Review of Essays on Vietnamese History, p.81-91 The Vietnamese "Nation" in the Trinh-Nguyen Era (1600-1771) by Mark Lim Shan-Loong Vietnam's Overseas Trade in the 19th Century: The Singapore Connection by Li Tana The Fundamental Features of the Vietnamese Civilization by Thai Van Kiem & Ton That Uan Charles Fisher's The Vietnamese Problem in Its Geographical Context (p.28-44) One Country, Many Journeys by Oscar Salemink Bronze Drums by http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/drum/BRONZEDRUMSLOCATIONS.HTML Social Communication and Colonial Archaeology in Vietnam by Haydon Cherry Village as Pretext: Ethnographic Praxis and the Colonial State in Vietnam by John Kleinen   Vietnam's General History and Timeline: General Vietnam History Timeline and Early Major Events by Prof. Earnest Bolt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Vietnam#Origins http://countrystudies.us/vietnam/ http://www.viettouch.com/hist/ http://www.charm.ru/library/vh.htm   Week 5-6: Understanding Vietnamese Society (1900-1975) via Yin and Yang System                           The Refugee Exodus to the US         9/19-21                                                Neil Jamieson's Understanding Vietnam, Chap.1 Mark Bradley's  Becoming Van Minh (p.34-52)            Neil Jamieson's Understanding Vietnam, Chap.4           9/28-10/5 Neil Jamieson's Understanding Vietnam, Chap.5 & 6 Ton That Thien's Vietnam: A case of Social Alienation (p.53-66)   Suggested Internet Readings: Southern Vietnam's Criminal Traditions   Week 7-8: Outlining Vietnamese Religions From Antiquity to the US Vietnamese Community 10/19-10/24 Hue-Tam To Tai's Religion in Vietnam: A World of God and Spirits, p. 113-145     McLeod & Nguyen's Culture & Customs of Vietnam, Chap.3, in Course Reader2 Power and Relevance of Vietnamese Religions and Myths by Nguyen Ngoc Binh Clergy's Call Still Strong for Young Vietnamese (p.31-33) Vietnamese Immigrants Swell Catholic Clergy Our lady of Vietnam : a "miracle" by the Washington Post   Suggested Internet Readings: Thich Nhat Hanh's In Search of the Enemy of Man in Course Reader2 Spirit Possession Religions and Popular Rituals Flourish in Vietnam History of Vietnamese Catholic Community in Houston (Website) Religion's Influences on Vietnamese Americans in Houston  (PowerPoint) www.hoahao.org http://www.religioustolerance.org/caodaism.htm   Exam I on 10/26 Outline of Student’s Class Project Due anytime 10/28 10/30 The Adopted Vietnamese Community: From Fairy Tales to the Disapora by Indigo Williams Willing. Tales of Two Cities (Vietnam's Thai Xuan Village in Houston) by Houston Press Clergy's Call Still Strong for Young Vietnamese (p.31-33) Vietnamese Immigrants Swell Catholic Clergy Our lady of Vietnam : a "miracle" by the Washington Post   Week 9-10: Outlining Vietnamese Language & Literature From Antiquity to the US Vietnamese Community 11/2-11/7 Chu Nom the Demotic System of Writing in Vietnam by Nguyen Dinh Hoa (p.1-31) Dinh Hoa Nguyen's An Outline of Vietnamese (p.1-19)        What's so Chinese about Vietnamese? by Mark J. Alves    Chu Nom or the former Vietnamese script by Nguyen Khac-Kham Introduction to Ca Do Viet Nam by John Balaban Effects of Minority-Language Literacy on the Academic Achievement of Vietnamese Youth by Bankston & Zhou (p.32-49)   Suggested Internet Readings: Vietnamese Lexicography by Dinh-Hoa Nguyen http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Vietnamese_language#History http://www.viethoc.org/article.php?sid=98 http://www.cjvlang.com/Writing/writsys/writviet.html http://www.de-han.org/vietnam/gigian/ianpian/ianpian.htm Quick Vietnamese at North Illinois University's Center of Southeast Asian Studies   11/9-10/14    The Development of Prose Fiction in Vietnam by Cao Thi Nhu-Quynh and John Schafer Vietnamese Poetry: The Classical Tradition by Nguyen Ngoc Binh The Historical Background of The Tale of Kieu by Alexander Woodside Introduction to the Tale of Kieu by Huynh Sanh Tong Lectures of The Tale of Kieu Going to France by Nhat Linh (p.23-65) Women in Vietnamese Folklore by Nha-Trang Cong-Huyen Tong-Nu Proverbs as Psychological Interpretation among Vietnamese (p.20-28) by Nguyen Nguyen and et al. Vietnamese Americans in Orange County: The Musical Life by Adelaida Reyes Tradition in the Guise of Innovation Music by Adelaida Reyes The Ghost of Ha Tay Uyen Nicole Duong Child of Two Worlds by Andrew Lam Racism and Girls-The Silent Sufferers by Viet Duong and Xuan Duong From Love to Lust by Frank Trinh Vietnam's Images by Chu Phong               Suggested Internet Readings: http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/tuannguyen/gateway.htm http://www.vietnamlit.org/ A Woman Called Bua by Nguyen Huy Thiep An Ocean Apart' displays the diverging experiences of the Vietnamese artists                   Week 13: Outlining Vietnamese Family, Ethnicity, Gender & Youth From Antiquity to the US Vietnamese Community 11/16 Traditional Vietnamese Family and the American Environment by Min Zhou and Carl Bankston Power, Patriarchy, and Gender Conflict in the Vietnamese Immigrant Community by Nazli Kibria (p.50-66) Household Structures and Family Ideologies (p.178-192) by Nazli Kibria "Brother" and "Uncle" by Hy Van Luong (p.8-32) Family and Community Among Vietnamese Refugees by David Haines The Role of Parents in the Maintenance of 2nd Generation Vietnamese Cultural Behaviors by Killian & Hegtvedt (p.67-99) A Comparative Study of Vietnamese Amerasians by Robert McKelvey Ethnic Differences in Adaptation: Sin-Vietnamese Refugees by Jacqueline Desbarats (p.128-150) Social Dilemma Behavior of Individuals from Highly Individualist and Collectivist Cultures (p.166-1777)by Parks & Vu Viet Nam, Nuoc Toi (Vietnam, My Country) by Yen Le Espiritu and Thom Tran              Suggested Internet Readings: Straddling Two Social Worlds by Min Zhou and Carl Bankston Senior Division Winner: Women Vie by Katherine Marino http://geocities.com/kristinehvu/cust4397/ ; Interviews conducted for About Face http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=3d6af203641f552ae5dc9437176a19c0    Week 14: Community Building: Social Issues, Class Relations, Economic Mobility 11/21 Vietnamese Health in Alief and Park Place, Houston by St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities, p. 47-64 Community Voices at Alief and Park Place, Houston by St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities, p. 3-10 Cultural Explanations for Youth Involvement in Gangs by Douglas Kent and George Felkenes Spousal Abuse: Vietnamese Children's Reports of Parental Violence by Yoko Baba and Susan Murrary (p.101-127)  "Class Relations in the Viet Community of Toledo, Ohio" by William Leon and Kim-Anh Nguyen Yamane, Linus. "The Labor Market Status of Foreign Born Vietnamese Americans." Houston Oi! Oh, It's South Vietnam by Kevin Southwick   Week 15: Community Building: Politics and Political Participation  11/27-11/30 Community Structure and Vietnamese Refugees by Paul Starr and Alden Roberts Ethnic Community Supports and Psychological by Thanh Van Tran SOME THOUGHTS ON US-VIÊT NAM DIPLOMATIC NORMALIZATION AND CHANGES IN THE POLITICS OF THE VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY by Ngo Thanh Nhan         Protest and Political Incorporation: Vietnamese American Protests, 1975-2001 by Nhu-Ngoc T. Ong and David S. Meyer The Long Road Home by  Lit (p.151-158) by Nguyen Ba Chung Vietnamese Expatriates and Vietnam: Challenges and Opportunities by Le Xuan Khoa Poll Gauges Vietnamese Americans’ View of Media by Jason Ma   Suggested Internet Readings:   http://www.hmongstudies.org/Vietnamese-AmericanCensusData.html  TVF's Survey of Young Vietnamese Americans on Protest Politics   Preliminary Results of E-Survey of Vietnamese Student Association (VSA)  "How can the Vietnamese community in the US contribute to a democratic transition in Vietnam?" by Duy Hoang                                               Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                   Text Box:                  

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