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Whale Worship and Tourism Development in the Hồi An–DaNang Corridor, Việt Nam

Bibliographic Data

ID12305083
AuthorsMichael J G Parnwell (corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume21
Issue3
Pages475-496
Publication date2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth East Asia Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-828X • E-ISSN: 2043-6874
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5367/sear.2013.0162
OpenAlexW2013733508
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited6

This paper uses a case study of the Hồi An–Da Nang corridor inQuảng Nam province, Việt Nam, to examine some of the pressuresthat whale worship – a traditional cultural practice of coastal fishingcommunities in central and southern Việt Nam – has faced since the̶Dồi reforms of 1986. Whale temples, the physical manifestation ofthe veneration of the whale as an ancestor of fishers, are coming underincreasing pressure as tourism development displaces coastal communities fromthe shores and as the younger generations turn their back on the sea as a sourceof livelihood. The paper seeks to draw attention to a locally importantmanifestation of intangible cultural heritage, the existence of which isthreatened even before the country's first tentative efforts at culturalheritage conservation come into full swing

Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Economy · Ethnology · Fishery · Geography · Intangible cultural heritage · Livelihood · Political science · Tourism · Veneration · Whale · Worship · History · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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Citations per year0,33
Citation span2014 - 2025 (12)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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