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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Suk-Young, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2010.
Series:Theater--theory/text/performance.
Subjects:
Performing arts > Political aspects > Korea (North)
Performing arts > Social aspects > Korea (North)
Motion pictures > Political aspects > Korea (North)
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Korea (North)
Theater > Political aspects > Korea (North)
Theater and society > Korea (North)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.