Talk at AAS Conference: Socialist Gothic — Women and the Lao Revolution

What role did women play in the Lao revolution? And how are women in the revolution depicted today? I spoke at the Australian Anthropology Society conference in November 2022 on a panel on “Revolutionary Mothering.” I was delighted to be able to share the results of some of my recent investigations into women’s role in the Lao revolution, and particularly the way this is discussed in recent Lao-language literature.

You can view the video here on my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9FJaRJgVv0

Image credits:

Image 1 / featured image in this post: Still from The Long Walk (2019) Mattie Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWyXka2EE9I

Image 2: Pages in The Legacy of Logistics Unit 368 & Women’s Rocket Artillery Unit 769. The Historical Sciences Division of The Lao People’s Revolutionary Army. Lao Writers Publishing, Vientiane. 2015.

Image 3: The Legacy of Logistics Unit 368 & Women’s Rocket Artillery Unit 769. The Historical Sciences Division of The Lao People’s Revolutionary Army. Lao Writers Publishing, Vientiane. 2015.

Image 4: Photos held at the Vieng Xay Caves museum

Image 5: Photos held at the Vieng Xay Caves museum

Image 6: Still from The New Season (1976) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcoVZpJDMog 1.06.00

Image 7: Still from The beautiful and brave women of sieng khuang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga6R0m_WQwU