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Examines Gender In Post-revolutionary Vietnam, Focusing On Gender Relations In The Family And State Since The Onset Of Economic Reform In 1986. This Book Demonstrates That Despite The Formal Institution Of Public Gender Equality In Vietnam, In Practice Women Do Not Hold A Great Deal Of Power, Continuing To Defer To Men In The Family And Community. Revolutionary Discourses, The Resistance Wars, And Gender Politics In Quang Xã, 1945-1975 -- Gender And Đôi Moi In Quang Xã -- State Discourses And The Family Household -- Married Couples And Equality Families In Quang Xã -- Womanhoods And State Subject Making In Quang Xã. Jayne Werner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [182]-190) And Index.