The pursuit of happiness in Vietnam
Book chapter
Salemink, Oscar and Nguyen, Anh Tuan. (2019). The pursuit of happiness in Vietnam. In In Contreras-Vejar, Yuri, Tice Jen, Joanna and Turner, Bryan S. (Ed.). Regimes of Happiness : Comparative and Historical Studies pp. 201 - 218 Anthem Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvdjrnx3.18
Authors | Salemink, Oscar and Nguyen, Anh Tuan |
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Editors | Contreras-Vejar, Yuri, Tice Jen, Joanna and Turner, Bryan S. |
Abstract | [Extract] On a hot October day in 1987 one of the authors (Salemink) had the rare opportunity, as a Vietnamese language student at what was then Hanoi University, to join a group of Australian diplomats on a trip to Chùa Hương, the famous Perfume Pagoda in Mỹ Đức district, some 50 km from Hanoi city. In 1987 Vietnam had just embarked on the road to economic reforms known as Đổi Mới (Renovation), but had barely started to open up, as having contact with foreigners was suspect, and most religious activity was banned as superstitious and/ or counterrevolutionary. In this context, any... |
Keywords | history; religion |
Page range | 201 - 218 |
Year | 01 Jan 2019 |
Book title | Regimes of Happiness : Comparative and Historical Studies |
Publisher | Anthem Press |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN | 978-1-78308-885-0 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvdjrnx3.18 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvdjrnx3.18?seq=3 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
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2019 | |
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Deposited | 21 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | Regimes of Happiness © 2019 Anthem Press © 2019 Yuri Contreras-Vejar, Joanna Tice Jen, and Bryan S. Turner editorial matter and selection; individual chapters © individual contributors |
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