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Communism: The Role Of Women In The Vietnam War

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Anne Clintock was an academic pioneer in the field of gender studies and nationalism. He established many theories of nationalism which are against each other. A relevant component of nation i-e gender which is not included in his theories due to which they failed. All his theories were based on feminist interpretations. All the modern references to the motherland and fatherland, they are not alien. There was opposition to the traditional interpretation of nationalism. The impetus of the print capitalism was hinged by these opposition. In the physical symbols for example flags, national anthems and customs, all the expression of nationalism basically manifest in it. There are many cases in which these physical symbols take the gendered roles, …show more content…

Some of them held the leadership position such as Mme Nguyen Thi Dinh who became the deputy commander of national liberation and many others. But there are many other females who did a lot but they are not remembered by an autobiography. Even that there are many others who bear physical and military hardships, still they are not politically acknowledged. After the war there was a decline in women status. The government deleting the participation of 1.5 million women in the war. This results the position of women in general war subordinate than men. Communist party’s women union was an organization which supports the role of women in post war Vietnam and also promoted the women empowerment. Vietnamese popolar culture reinforced the women’s disempowerment and the current socialist government sponsored it. It has been estimated that about 1.4 million women are widows or unmarried in Vietnam. There were many women who return to their village after the war and considered to be unable to marry. Credit agencies has imposed the restrictions that limit the improvement of the situation of these women. These women have no financial resources that could help them in poverty. Many efforts were done in order to reestablish the gendered national symbols after the Vietnam

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