Poem
Give and Take in Vietnam
| Title | Give and Take in Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Soraghan Dwyer |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Surrender/Nerenuntare/ Bás nó Bua | 2014 | View Details |
Translations
Connected translations of this poem.
| Title | Author | Collection/Anthology | Year | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Isaac Rosenberg | Cathal Ó Searcaigh | Crann na Teanga/The Language Tree | 2018 | View Details |
| For Isaac Rosenberg | Frank Sewell | Human Rights Have No Borders: Voices of Irish Poets | 1998 | View Details |
| For Isaac Rosenberg | Frank Sewell | Out in the Open | 1997 | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #340
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | No Surrender/Nerenuntare/ Bás nó Bua |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2014 |
| Publisher | Editura Ratio et Revelatio (Romania) |
| Page Number(s) | 59 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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No |
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No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | |
| Notes | The poem addresses a Vietnamese mother who had a child with an American soldier during the war, but was left to parent alone after the war. The poem makes explicit reference to child custody and how this child was taken from its mother by its father to live in the USA - 'Just because he can'. The focus is on the legacy of war rather than the actual conflict itself and the implications for women, in particular. |
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