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(2009)
1950-nyŏndae Pukhan sosŏl ŭi sŏsajŏk imyŏndŭl: Hwang Kŏn ŭi 'Kaema kowǒn' ron
(2009)
Pukhan ŭi ilsang saenghwal segye: Oech'im kwa soksagim [The world of everyday life in North Korea: Cries and whispers
(2012)
Pukhan chumin ŭi ŭisik kwa chŏngch'esŏng: Chaa ŭi tongnip, kukka ŭi kŭnŭl, yongmang ŭi pusang
Review Essay: The Ethnography of North Korean Texts Illusive Utopia: Theater, Film, and Everyday Performance in North Korea by Suk-Young Kim. Ann Arbor: University of Mich igan Press, 2010. 400 pp. 57 color illustrations. $70.00 (paper). $65. 00 (ebook) Reading North Ko rea: An Ethnological Inquiry by Sonia Ryang. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 244 pp. 4 illus trations. $39. 85 ( cloth) Suk-Young Kim's Illusive Uto pia and Sonia Ryang's Reading North Korea are fascinating works for consideration together. Both Kim and Ryang proclaim their works to be "ethnographic" explorations of North Korean society through a particular genre of propaganda: fiction for Ryang and film, theater, and public perf ormance for Kim. Both offer a wealth of North Korean narratives-and in Kim's case, visuals as well-which should be of enormous interest to a broad range of readers. Both are bold in their assertions that texts can be appreciated ethnographically to stand in for social life ; and both employ this tactic in order to access a social world for which traditional ethnographic field research is not yet feasible. While we appreciate these attempts at social analysis or "culture from a distance," in the words of Ryang (pp.
Journal of Korean Studies – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 14, 2014
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