The Politics of Vietnamese Craft: American Diplomacy and Domestication

The Politics of Vietnamese Craft uncovers a little—known chapter in the history of American cultural diplomacy, in which Vietnamese craft production was encouraged and shaped by the US State Department as an object for consumption by middle class America.

Jennifer Way explores how American business and commerce, department stores, the art world and national museums variously guided the marketing and meanings of Vietnamese craft in order to advance American diplomatic and domestic interests. ...