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LE Hoang Anh Thu
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2020/10/30 |
| Type | Research paper (Academic/Professional Journal) |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Doing Bodhisattva’s Work: Charity, Class, and Selfhood of Petty Traders
in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) |
| Contribution Type | Single Work |
| Journal | Journal of Vietnamese Studies |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | University of California, Berkeley & Center for Southeast Asia Studies (Calif, Berkeley) |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 15(4),pp.4-32 |
| Total page number | 29 |
| Responsible for | Single author |
| Author and coauthor | LE Hoang Anh Thu |
| Details | This paper explores the charitable work of Buddhist women who work as petty traders in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). By focusing on the social interaction between givers and recipients, this paper examines the traders’ class identity, their perception of social stratification, and their relationship with the state. The paper asserts that charitable work reveals the petty traders’ negotiations with the state and with other social groups to define their moral and social status in Vietnam’s society. These negotiations contribute to their self-identification as a moral social class, and to their perception of trade as ethical labor. |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2020.15.4.4 |
| ISBN | 1559-372X |
| ISSN | 1559-3738 |
| URL for researchmap | https://online.ucpress.edu/jvs/article-abstract/15/4/4/112293/Doing-Bodhisattva-s-WorkCharity-Class-and-Selfhood?redirectedFrom=fulltext |