| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Asia/Pacific/perspectives |
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Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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| Contents |
The great national bereavement, 1994 -- The modern theater state -- The barrel of a gun -- The graves of revolutionary martyrs -- Gifts to the leader -- The moral economy |
| Summary |
This timely, pathbreaking study of North Korea's political history and culture sheds invaluable light on the country's unique leadership continuity and succession. Leading scholars Heonik Kwon and Byung-Ho Chung begin by tracing Kim Il Sung's rise to power during the Cold War. They show how his successor, his eldest son, Kim Jong Il, sponsored the production of revolutionary art to unleash a public political culture that would consolidate Kim's charismatic power and his own hereditary authority. The result was the birth of a powerful modern theater state that sustains North K |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed Aug. 1, 2012) |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Korea (North) -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007005687
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| Subject |
Korea (North)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chung, Byung-Ho, 1955-
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| LC no. |
2011045117 |
| ISBN |
9781442215771 |
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1442215771 |
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