Hy Van Luong
Areas of interest
- Language
- Ideology and political economy
- Gender and social structure
Biography
Hy V. Luong (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology. He is interested in the interplay of discourse, social structure, political economy, and in East and Mainland Southeast Asia (especially Vietnam). Having regularly conducted field research in Vietnam since 1987, Dr. Luong has published 9 books, as well as numerous book chapters and articles in major academic journals on language, social organization, and political economy in Vietnam. Dr. Luong’s current projects in Vietnam focus on discourse, gender, political economy, gifts and social capital, and sociocultural transformation in rural and urbanizing communities in the northern and southern parts of Vietnam.
Select publications
2012 Vibrant Societies: The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia (edited by Amrita Daniere and Hy V; Luong). London: Routledge.
2010 Hiện đại và động thái của truyền thống ở Việt Nam: Những cách tiếp cận nhân học (Modernities and the Dynamics of Tradition in Vietnam: Anthropological Approaches, edited by Hy V. Luong et al.). Hồ Chí Minh City: National University of Hồ Chí Minh City Press.
2010 Tradition, Revolution, and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese Village, 1925-2006. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
2009 Urbanization, Migration, and Poverty in a Vietnamese Metropolis (edited by Hy V. Luong). Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.