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@article{ART002593813},
author={GROSSHEIM MARTIN},
title={Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2020},
volume={77},
number={2},
pages={327-356},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327}

TY - JOUR
AU - GROSSHEIM MARTIN
TI - Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2020
VL - 77
IS - 2
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 327
EP - 356
SN - 1598-3021
AB - In this article I claim that history is still an important source of legitimacy for the Communist Party of Vietnam. The ‘correct view’ of history is propagated and defended by a ‘memory machine’. To illustrate the inner workings of the Vietnamese I present two case-studies: the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution in 2017 in Vietnam and the representation of the history of socialism in Vietnamese history textbooks. I show that by celebrating anniversaries such as the 100th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution in orthodox ways and by preserving the monopoly of the propagation of history via textbooks used at schools and university Vietnam’s history in the twentieth century is still presented as part of the world history of socialism and as being deeply inspired by the construction of socialism in the Soviet Union.
KW - Vietnam;Historiography;Socialism
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327
ER -

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. (2020). Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 77(2), 327-356.

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. 2020, "Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.77, no.2 pp.327-356. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327

GROSSHEIM MARTIN "Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77.2 pp.327-356 (2020) : 327.

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work. 2020; 77(2), 327-356. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. "Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77, no.2 (2020) : 327-356.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 77(2), 327-356. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2020; 77(2) 327-356. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work. 2020; 77(2), 327-356. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327

GROSSHEIM MARTIN. "Celebrating the Socialist Past: The Vietnamese ‘Memory Machine’ at Work" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77, no.2 (2020) : 327-356.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.2.202005.327