North Korea's Nuclear Cinema : Simulation and Neoliberal Politics in the Two Koreas / Elizabeth Shim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shim, Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korea).

Mass media and propaganda.

Popular culture--Korea (South).

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

North Korea's Nuclear Cinema examines why and how North Korea has transitioned to an image-based nuclear power in the changing context of a post-Cold War world. What exactly is the North Korean nuclear threat? Why is North Korea engaging in hostilities when its erstwhile adversaries have offered a diplomatic exit ramp? Chapter by chapter, it explains how North Korea's footage-based nuclear politics is presented as military practice, but ultimately traces its lineage to cinematic propaganda, a tradition that blurs the line between image and reality. By leveraging cinematic resources in place of physical military mobilization, North Korea continues to move international political actors with the mere suggestion of nuclear power. At a moment when North Korea is enhancing media representation, this book dives into a timely exploration of how the regime is projecting state power as South Korean televisual media challenges the North Korean communist spectacle that has held a captive audience for decades.

Contents:

Chapter 1: North Korea's Cold war origins

Chapter 2: Cinema and television

Chapter 3: North Korea's nuclear cinema

Chapter 4: Reifying capital: South Korean popular culture

Chapter 5: Transnational unification.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350259515

1350259519

9781350259492

1350259497

9781350259508

1350259500

OCLC:

1458759048