Have your ID ready: citizenship, identification practices, and mobility in colonial Vietnam
Published online on May 12, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Visual Culture, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 452-472, December 2025.
This article examines the adoption of photography in the surveillance efforts of the French colonial state in Vietnam before World War I. Through the colonial state’s historical documents, prison records, and photographs, the author investigates the role ...
This article examines the adoption of photography in the surveillance efforts of the French colonial state in Vietnam before World War I. Through the colonial state’s historical documents, prison records, and photographs, the author investigates the role ...