{"product_id":"bibliotactics-by-cindy-anh-nguyen-9780520416222","title":"Bibliotactics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, the University of California Press's Open Access publishing programme. Visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.luminosoa.org\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.luminosoa.org\u003c\/a\u003e to learn more.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLibraries in French colonial Vietnam functioned as symbols of Western modernity and infrastructures of colonial knowledge. Yet Vietnamese readers pursued alternative uses of the library that exceeded imperial intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliotactics\u003c\/em\u003e examines the Hanoi and Saigon state libraries from colonial to postcolonial Vietnam, uncovering the emergence of a colonial public who reimagined the political meaning and social space of the library through public critique and day-to-day practice. Comprising government bureaucrats, library personnel, journalists, and everyday library readers, this colonial public debated the role of libraries as educational resource, civilizing instrument, and literary heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond procolonial or anticolonial nationalism framings, \u003cem\u003eBibliotactics\u003c\/em\u003e advances a relational theory of power that centres public reading culture contextualised within the library infrastructure of the colonial information order. As the first comprehensive history of the colonial and national library in Asia, this book contributes new insights into publicity, colonial and postcolonial studies, and the histories of Vietnam, libraries, and information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47306895261932,"sku":"9780520416222","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7382553482373.jpg?v=1771065752","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/bibliotactics-by-cindy-anh-nguyen-9780520416222","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}