"Hanoi Jane"

[Joel S. Berson]

I can't confirm the two 1971 dates, both of which Google gives as
from a pair of volumes.  If the instances are in the second of the
two, their dates might very well agree with Fonda's 1972 trip.  (The
1972 _The Review of the News_ instance, apparently dated July 25,
1972, is consistent with that visit.)

In any case, Lembcke's claim about nonappearance "in the mainstream
press until 1978" looks spurious.

Joel

At 7/1/2010 06:28 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Jane Fonda made her notorious visit to Hanoi in July, 1972.  Any earlier
>exx. would be surprising - though not impossible, owing to her outspoken
>criticism of American policy.
>
>In the mid or late 1990s I saw a brand-new bumper sticker on a
>late-model SUV that read, "Boycott Jane Fonda, Commie Bitch!"
>JL
>On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > A review of Jerry Lembcke's* _Hanoi Jane: War, Sex, and Fantasies of
> > Betrayal_ says:
> >
> >     " 'Hanoi Jane,' Lembcke reports, does not appear in the
> > mainstream press until 1978. It only gained wide currency in
> > connection with protests over the filming of the romantic
> > working-class drama 'Stanley and Iris' in Waterbury, Conn., in 1988.
> >     " Lembcke bases his account of the Waterbury connection on
> > interviews with local veterans, including the retired general who
> > takes credit for 'having made "Hanoi Jane" the household phrase it
> > is,' as well as local anti-war activists. "
> >
> > A quick glance in the Google Books mainstream press gives around 9
> > genuine hits in English for "Hanoi Jane" before 1978 (and about 118
> > additional raw results between 1978 and 1987 inclusive), with none before
> > 1971.
> >
> >     1971:  _Three Sisters_ (Georgetown Univ.), vols. 1-2.  [WorldCat
> > says this is held by 16 libraries, including Yale (but not,
> > apparently, Georgetown).]  "The public gasped at her support for
> > "Hanoi Jane" (Fonda), "Radical George" (McGovern), women's lib, and
> > abortion. I was at the airport on my way to Washington when I crossed
> > the path of this fire-breathing dragon lady of the pageant ..."
> >
> >     1971: _New Guard_ (Young Americans for Freedom), Vol. 11-12. [A
> > volume 11 in 1971 is consistent with the starting date of
> > 1961.  [Strangely, this only turned up when I asked for dates between
> > 1970 and 1972; it is different from a 1973 hit.]  "Classified
> > Ads.  Poster: 'Wanted for treason: Hanoi Jane Fonda ... .' "
> >
> >     1972:  _The Review of the News_.  [This too turned up only when
> > I asked for 1970 to 1972; it is different from a1977 hit.]  "Hanoi
> > Jane Promotes Red Line {bullet} Paris, July 25 ..."
> >
> >     1973:  Thomas Kiernan, _Jane: an Intimiate Biography of Jane Fonda_.
> >     1974: _Ramparts_, vol. 13.  [Consistent with starting date of 1962.]
> >     1975:  _American Opinion_, vol. 18.  [Consistent with starting
> > date of 1958.]
> >     1975:  Lois Karen Baldwin, _Down on Bugger Run: family group and
> > the social base of folklore_, Part 1.  [A thesis, Graduate School of
> > Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1975; also an
> > "Internet Resource" published by ScholarlyCommons (OAIster).]
> >     1977:  William Sloane Coffin, _Once to Every Man: A Memoir_.
> >
> > These are all No Preview, and thus without a page number.
> >
> > Review in Boston Globe, July 1, 2010, page G 11.
> >
> > * Author also of  _The spitting image : myth, memory, and the legacy
> > of Vietnam_,
> >
> > I do not have access to newspaper archives.
> >
> > Joel
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