Illusive utopia theater, film, and everyday performance in North Korea /

Kim, Suk-Young, 1970-

Illusive utopia theater, film, and everyday performance in North Korea / [electronic resource] : Suk-Young Kim. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2010. - x, 387 p. : ill. (some col.). - Theater--theory/text/performance . - Theater--theory/text/performance. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-376) and index.

Introduction -- Hybridization of performance genres -- Time and space in North Korean performance -- Revival of the state patriarchs -- Model citizens of the family-nation -- Acting like women in North Korea -- Performing paradoxes : staging utopia, upstaging dystopia -- Conclusion : looking back, moving forward.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780472026890 (electronic bk.)




Theater and society--Korea (North)
Theater--Political aspects--Korea (North)
Motion pictures--Social aspects--Korea (North)
Motion pictures--Political aspects--Korea (North)
Performing arts--Social aspects--Korea (North)
Performing arts--Political aspects--Korea (North)


Electronic books.

PN2939.1 / .K56 2010

792.095193