Methods of Manipulation: an Analogy between Vietnamese Water Puppetry and State Propaganda
Seb Rumsby is the holder of an RSAA Sir Peter Holmes Memorial Award. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Hanoi’s Thăng Long Water Puppet Theatre, located on the bank of Hoà n Kiếm Lake next to the Old Quarter. Water puppetry has become an iconic representation of nation, and is now seen as an…