Immanuel Kim

Laughing North Koreans (eBook, ePUB)

The Culture of Comedy Films

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study analyzes North Korean comedy films from the late 1960s to present day. It examines the most iconic comedy films and comedians to show how North Koreans have enjoyed themselves and have established a culture of humor that challenges, subverts, and, at times, reinforces the dominant political ideology. The author argues that comedy films, popular comedians, and the viewers have an intricate interdependent relationship that shaped the film culture-the pre/post production of filmmaking, film-watching experience, and the legacies of actors-in North Korea.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793608307
• Artikelnr.: 59604248

Autorenporträt

Immanuel Kim is Korea Foundation and Kim-Renaud Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Culture Studies at The George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Let's Proceed With Laughter
Chapter 1: Comedian Comedy: Faces of the Industry
Chapter 2: I Spy a Spy: Social Anxiety and Farce in Boasting Too Much
Chapter 3: Taming of the Chief: Interruptive Laughter and Gender Politics
in My Family's Problem
Chapter 4: Mind Your Manners: Comedy of Manners in Day at the Amusement
Park
Chapter 5: Love and Marriage: Romantic Comedy as Visual Culture