The pursuit of happiness in Vietnam

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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
AuthorsSalemink, Oscar and Nguyen, Anh Tuan
EditorsContreras-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...

Keywordshistory; religion
Page range201 - 218
Year01 Jan 2019
Book titleRegimes of Happiness : Comparative and Historical Studies
PublisherAnthem Press
Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
Edition1
ISBN978-1-78308-885-0
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
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