Bamboo in Vietnam - An Anthropological and Historical Approach

This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany, and the history of technology.

List of contents

Introduction. Bamboo: tree or grass? Part 1: Bamboo an anthropological and historical approach 1. Bamboo, man, landscape 2.Terminology and technology: identification, uses, names; from naming to datation 3. Uses of bamboo according to its qualities 4. Bamboo as symbol 5. Bamboo and power Part 2: Bamboo iconography 6. Bamboo used as it is, after felling 7. Uses of bambootube 8. Use of split bamboo cut into lengths 9. Basket-making 10. The Gia ¿¿nh Art School contribution Part 3: Contemporary bamboo 11. Bamboo at present 12. Conclusion 13. Annexes

About the author

¿inh Tr¿ng Hi¿u is an anthropologist and ethnobotanist. Until his retirement in 2003, he worked as a researcher at CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research).
Emmanuel Poisson is Professor of History at Paris Cité University, France, and Deputy Director at the French Research Institute on East Asia (IFRAE, UMR 8043).

Product details

• Authors: Emmanuel Poisson, Inh Poisson Trong Hieu, Đinh Trọng Hiếu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032395722
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239572-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Needham Research Institute Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Architecture, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, South East Asia, The environment, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Society and culture: general, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Bamboo;Vietnam;anthropology;Oger;Lithograph;ethnobotany