Tourism and nation building at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Discourse ; Ho Chi Minh City ; Museum ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Role of the State ; Tourism ; United States of America ; Vietnam ; War
and postimperial context is generated through tourism, specifying how the Communist Party communicates Vietnam to lay international tourist audiences. Tourism's political instrumentality for the party is highlighted here. Second, it shows how the United States
is imaginatively constructed to shape Vietnam's identity. Finally, it uses the conclusion to reflect on the implications for the “Asian Century” when considering Vietnam's multifaceted connections to the United States and the West.
Fieldwork unbound : spaces of association in postconflict Vietnam
Identity ; Narrative ; Research ; Societal relations ; Space ; United States of America ; Vietnam ; War
This article traces the ways in which the field emerges and becomes emplaced among three groups of people by presenting an inclusive reading of fieldwork in postconflict Vietnam. It employs a heuristic device called spaces of association