| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to clarify how Vietnamese people remember and narrate events that occurred during the Vietnam War. Although more than a quarter of a century has passed since that day, many Vietnamese people can vividly remember events that occurred during the war. The Japanese people have understood this war mainly from the American perspective, through Hollywood films, for example, in which the background for the story is the Vietnamese War. It is important, therefore, for us to understand the perspective of the Vietnamese people as well. I focused my attention on the narratives of Vietnamese people who had had direct experience of the war ; these individuals included former North Vietnamese soldiers, former South Vietnamese soldiers, ordinary citizens, and refugees who went to other countries. I conducted seven field research operations in Vietnam and one field research operation in the United States. I paid special attention to the narratives of people who were in Saigon on liberation day, and to those of individuals who participated in the anti-government or anti-war movements in Hue. This report includes some papers that have already been published, a manuscript that forms a part of my forthcoming book, the daily records of field research, and the protocols of some of the interviews. A number of points have been derived from the data, including the identification of narrative patterns in the relations of former North Vietnamese soldiers, as well as variations on a theme in the narratives of those who were in Saigon on liberation day. The theme of this research is very broad, and connected to worldwide problems in the 21st century. It is expected that the research questions raised here will require further investigation in the future.
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