North Korea's Mundane Revolution
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North Korea's Mundane Revolution

Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953–1965

Andre Schmid

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North Korea's Mundane Revolution

Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953–1965

Andre Schmid

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When the crucial years after the Korean War are remembered today, histories about North Korea largely recount a grand epic of revolution centering on the ascent of Kim Il Sung to absolute power. Often overshadowed in this storyline, however, are the myriad ways the Korean population participated in party-state projects to rebuild their lives and country after the devastation of the war. North Korea's Mundane Revolution traces the origins of the country's long-term durability in the questions that Korean women and men raised about the modern individual, housing, family life, and consumption. Using a wide range of overlooked sources, Andre Schmid examines the formation of a gendered socialist lifestyle in North Korea by focusing on the localized processes of socioeconomic and cultural change. This style of "New Living" replaced radical definitions of gender and class revolution with the politics of individual self-reform and cultural elevation, leading to a depoliticization of the country's political culture in the very years that Kim Il Sung rose to power.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9780520392861
Edition
1
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia coreana

Table of contents

  1. Series Page
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Note on Korean Romanization and Usage
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: North Korea’s Mundane Revolution
  10. 1. The Anxieties of Socialist Transition
  11. Part One: Cultural Living and the Ever-Striving Socialist Self
  12. Part Two: The Political Economy of Apartments
  13. Part Three: Making Happy Family Homes
  14. Part Four: The Ambivalences of Consumption
  15. Conclusion: Looking Up at Comrade Kim
  16. Appendix: An Essay on North Korean Print Media Sources
  17. Notes
  18. Selected Bibliography
  19. Index