1869, Ep. 110 with Linh Vu, author of Governing the Dead

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

English - September 23, 2021 17:12 - 25 minutes - 59.2 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/iwZKxX1DtOtV3ZArBdL3ZRBP9Yw

This episode, we speak with Linh Vu, author of Governing the Dead: Martyrs, Memorials, and Necrocitizenship in Modern China -
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501756504/governing-the-dead/

Linh D. Vu is Assistant Professor at Arizona State University's School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies.

We spoke to Linh about how growing up in post-war Vietnam inspired her to learn more about how nations, in this case China, handled the millions of war dead from conflicts in the 20th century, the evolving concept of necrocitizenship, and the most famous of the Nationalist regime’s martyrs for the nation.

If you’d like to purchase her new book with a 30 percent discount, visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.