Andrei Lankov: North of the DMZ | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780786428397 | North of the DMZ | Essays on Daily Life in North Korea | Andrei Lankov

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Beschreibung

The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il's regime manage to transcend his tyranny in their daily existence.
This book describes that difficult but f existence and the world that the North Koreans have created for themselves in the face of oppression. Many features of this world are unique and even bizarre. But they have been created by the citizens to reflect their own ideas and values, in sharp contrast to the world forced upon them by a totalitarian system.
Opening chapters introduce the political system and the extent to which it permeates citizens' daily lives, from the personal status badges they wear to the nationalized distribution of the food they eat. Chapters discussing the schools, the economic system, and family life dispel the myth of the workers' paradise that North Korea attempts to perpetuate. In these chapters the intricacies of daily life in a totalitarian dictatorship are seen through the eyes of defectors whose anecdotes constitute an important portion of the material. The closing chapter treats at length the significant changes that have taken place in North Korea over the last decade, concluding that these changes will lead to the quiet but inevitable death of North Korean Stalinism.
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Über den Autor

Andrei Lankov is a senior lecturer at the Australian National University.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1. Leaders Dear and Great...

Part 2. In Times of Propaganda

Part 3. The Arts and the Media

Part 4. The Workers' Paradise? The Social Structure of the DPRK

Part 5. Pyongyang

Part 6. Daily Lives

Part 7. Recreation and Fashion

Part 8. Family Matters

Part 9. All Things Which Move

Part 10. Big Brother Is Watching

Part 11. How Does the System Work?

Part 12. Schools

Part 13. It's Economics...

Part 14. Foreign Affairs

Part 15. On Spying, Smuggling and Kidnapping

Part 16. North Koreans Overseas, Foreigners in North Korea

Part 17. Defectors

Part 18. The Unnoticed Death of North Korean Stalinism

In Lieu of Conclusion: With a Bang, or with a Whimper?
Further Reading
Index

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786428397
ISBN-10:	0786428392
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lankov, Andrei
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Andrei Lankov
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2007
Gewicht:	0,522 kg

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