Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts

This study identifies Tam-giao, a combination of three philosophies, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism whose use is reflected in Vietnamese visual arts, and examines the role of Tam-giao in Vietnamese post war art since 1975. The research contextualizes interviews with Vietnamese artists who use pos...

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Main Author: Le, Kim Thu
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2192
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description This study identifies Tam-giao, a combination of three philosophies, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism whose use is reflected in Vietnamese visual arts, and examines the role of Tam-giao in Vietnamese post war art since 1975. The research contextualizes interviews with Vietnamese artists who use post traumatic themes in their artworks, revealing how Tam-giao cultural expression reflects individual and communal concerns. The forms of post war trauma are codified and illustrated through artistic case studies.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-21922017-02-20T06:38:10Z Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts Le, Kim Thu This study identifies Tam-giao, a combination of three philosophies, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism whose use is reflected in Vietnamese visual arts, and examines the role of Tam-giao in Vietnamese post war art since 1975. The research contextualizes interviews with Vietnamese artists who use post traumatic themes in their artworks, revealing how Tam-giao cultural expression reflects individual and communal concerns. The forms of post war trauma are codified and illustrated through artistic case studies. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2192 en Curtin University fulltext
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Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts
title Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts
title_full Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts
title_fullStr Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts
title_full_unstemmed Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts
title_short Tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in Vietnamese visual arts
title_sort tam-giao cultural expression and representations of post-war trauma in vietnamese visual arts
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2192