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Thesis declaration vi
Acknowledgements vii
List of Illustrations x
Figures x
Plates x
Glossary xii
Ethnographic prelude 1
Chapter 1 The rise of the Hung Kings 4
Studying the Hung Kings: motivations and early experiences 4
Setting the scene: the Hung Kings and the Hung Temple 6
Location of the Hung Temple 8
History of the Temple site 10
Gaps in the research 13
Practice theory: a window into religious belief and place-based practices at the Hung Temple 15
Place and place-making practices 17
Religion and religious practices 20
Methodology: an insider-outsider approach 25
Chapter overview and thesis contributions 29
Chapter 2 Place-making at the Hung Temple and the state-led production of nationalism 31
Place, place-making and nationalism 33
Constructing the Hung Temple during a period of revolution (1945–1986) 35
Contemporary state-led place-making practices and the production of nationalism 41
Reconstruction and expansion of the temple complex 44
Narrative topology 47
Textual performance of nationalism in visitor books 52
Producing nationalism on official visits 58
Conclusion 66
Chapter 3 Navigating the bureaucracy for personal gain: ritual, social and economic practices 70
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Understanding the institutional structure 73
Significance and effect of village kinship 77
Perceptions of bureaucratic practices 80
Bureaucracy in practice at the Hung Temple 82
Temple keepers: everyday roles and motivations 87
One year up the mountain 94
Producing the Kings’ gifts 99
The shopkeeper: manipulating the bureaucracy to make a living 103
Working outside the management system 108
Conclusion 111
Chapter 4 Influence of religious practices on identity and agency of devotees of the Hung Kings 113
The re-emergence of religious practices 114
Conceptualising identity and agency 117
Mrs Pham: becoming a religious specialist 120
Ideological crisis and religious healing 123
Developing a religious identity 127
Effects of ritual: story of a businessman 130
Messages of the deities: The story of a politician 134
A new identity 137
Ms Tri: becoming the daughter of the Hung Kings 138
Religious engagement and transformation of identity 141
Developing religious identity: planning to build a temple 143
Undertaking a pilgrimage: religious identity in public 147
Discussion: Linking religious engagement, identity and agency 151
Chapter 5 Performance, communitas and contentious practices at the festival of the Hung Temple 154
Performance, communitas and contentious practice 155
The anniversary festival: agenda and participants 160
The festival agenda 161
Visitors and their motivations 163
The village performers: practices of inclusion and exclusion 167
Performing the national identity 170
The national ritual delegation and the structuring of power relations 175
Summary of festival observations 182
Contentious practices at the anniversary festival of the Hung Kings 183
Trang 4Chapter 6 The rise of the Hung Temple: concluding observations 187
Beyond the temple: seeking connections with the Hung Kings 193
References 197
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