Recombinant history: Transnational practices of memory and knowledge production in contemporary Vietnam

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-30

  Schwenkel, Christina ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification of war; Historical knowledge; Memory; Tourism; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144455998     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2006.21.1.3     Document Type: Article

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