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Tourism and Nation Building at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Using evidence from what is probably Vietnam's most visited tourism site, the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, this article explores the presentation of the “American War” in the construction of nationhood. The article has three objectives. First, I illustrate how nation-building in a postcolonial 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, I show how the United States is imaginatively constructed to shape Vietnam's identity. Finally, I use the conclusion to reflect on the implications for the “Asian Century” when considering Vietnam's multifaceted connections to the United States and the West.

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  • Jamie Gillen, 2014. "Tourism and Nation Building at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 104(6), pages 1307-1321, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:raagxx:v:104:y:2014:i:6:p:1307-1321
    DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2014.944459
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    1. Pfoser, Alena & Yusupova, Guzel, 2022. "Memory and the everyday geopolitics of tourism: Reworking post-imperial relations in Russian tourism to the ‘near abroad’," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    2. Anton Gosar & Miha Koderman & Mariana Rodela, 2015. "Dark Tourism. Post-WWI Destinations of Human Tragedies and Opportunities for Tourism Development: Proceedings of International Workshop," UPP Monograph Series, University of Primorska Press, number 978-961-6963-28-2.

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