Rivka Syd Eisner is Postdoctoral Researcher at the URPP Asia and Europe at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her writing has appeared in TDR: The Drama Review, Performance Research, Cultural Studies, Theatre Research International, and in edited volumes. She is co-editor of Re-Enacting the Past: Heritage, Materiality and Performance (2016).

• 1. Introduction: (Re)Performing the Past in Vietnam.- 2. Performing Survival, Ancestral Inheritance, and the Spirit of Optimism.- 3. Masquerading, (Re)Making Identities, and Familial Commemorations.- 4. Remembering Torture, Returning to Côn Đảo, and the Tradition of “Pain-Taking”.- 5.  Answering to Transgenerational Violence.

Rivka Syd Eisner is Postdoctoral Researcher at the URPP Asia and Europe at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her writing has appeared in TDR: The Drama Review, Performance Research, Cultural Studies, Theatre Research International, and in edited volumes. She is co-editor of Re-Enacting the Past: Heritage, Materiality and Performance (2016).

• 1. Introduction: (Re)Performing the Past in Vietnam.- 2. Performing Survival, Ancestral Inheritance, and the Spirit of Optimism.- 3. Masquerading, (Re)Making Identities, and Familial Commemorations.- 4. Remembering Torture, Returning to Côn Đảo, and the Tradition of “Pain-Taking”.- 5.  Answering to Transgenerational Violence.

Rivka Syd Eisner is Postdoctoral Researcher at the URPP Asia and Europe at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her writing has appeared in TDR: The Drama Review, Performance Research, Cultural Studies, Theatre Research International, and in edited volumes. She is co-editor of Re-Enacting the Past: Heritage, Materiality and Performance (2016).

• 1. Introduction: (Re)Performing the Past in Vietnam.- 2. Performing Survival, Ancestral Inheritance, and the Spirit of Optimism.- 3. Masquerading, (Re)Making Identities, and Familial Commemorations.- 4. Remembering Torture, Returning to Côn Đảo, and the Tradition of “Pain-Taking”.- 5.  Answering to Transgenerational Violence.