Reading North Korea - An Ethnological Inquiry

Klappentext Sonia Ryang casts new light on the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Ryang focuses critical attention on three central themes--love! war! and self--that reflect the nearly complete overlap of the personal! social! and political realms in North Korean society. Zusammenfassung Sonia Ryang casts new light on the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Ryang focuses critical attention on three central themes—love, war, and self—that reflect the nearly complete overlap of the personal, social, and political realms in North Korean society.

Product details

• Authors: Sonia Ryang
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2012
• EAN: 9780674062474
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06247-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries