Tourism and nation building at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Discours ; Etats-Unis ; Guerre ; Géographie politique ; Hô Chí Minh-Ville ; Musée ; Nationalisme ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Tourisme ; Viêt Nam
Discourse ; Ho Chi Minh City ; Museum ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Role of the State ; Tourism ; United States of America ; Vietnam ; War
Through the example of the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, this article explores the presentation of the “American War” in the construction of nationhood. It has three objectives. First, it illustrates how nation-building in a postcolonial