"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? This book introduces new ways of understanding North Korea's provocations within the context of changing media technologies. Chapter by chapter, it explains how North Korea's footage-based nuclear politics is presented as military practice to promote the image of North Korea as a nuclear power, but ultimately traces its lineage to cinematic propaganda, a tradition that blurs the line between image and reality"--
"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? This book introduces new ways of understanding North Korea's provocations within the context of changing media technologies. Chapter by chapter, it explains how North Korea's footage-based nuclear politics is presented as military practice to promote the image of North Korea as a nuclear power, but ultimately traces its lineage to cinematic propaganda, a tradition that blurs the line between image and reality"--
Elizabeth Shim was a Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair Nextgen Scholar, is currently Senior Principal at Haven Tower Group and previously United Press International's Chief Asia Writer. She has written for The Associated Press, USA Today, the Toronto Star and the South China Morning Post and is co-author of The Korean War in Color (2011).
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: The Cold War North Korea's ideology of 'Juche' Contemporary geopolitics Inter-Korea relations Chapter 2: North Korea weapons as simulacra Deterrence as simulation Hyperreality and the North Korean state Chapter 3: North Korea cinema and television Kim Jong Il, 'Genius of Film' 21st-century television, digital media and YouTube Chapter 4: The rise of South Korean pop culture Global media flows The 'Korean Wave' in the post-Cold War context Pop culture in North Korea Chapter 5: Transnational Unification Digital debris and North Korea's markets Corruption Simulacra and migration
Chapter 1: The Cold War North Korea's ideology of 'Juche' Contemporary geopolitics Inter-Korea relations Chapter 2: North Korea weapons as simulacra Deterrence as simulation Hyperreality and the North Korean state Chapter 3: North Korea cinema and television Kim Jong Il, 'Genius of Film' 21st-century television, digital media and YouTube Chapter 4: The rise of South Korean pop culture Global media flows The 'Korean Wave' in the post-Cold War context Pop culture in North Korea Chapter 5: Transnational Unification Digital debris and North Korea's markets Corruption Simulacra and migration
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