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North Korean Graphic Novels - Seduction of the Innocent? (Hardcover)
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North Korean Graphic Novels - Seduction of the Innocent? (Hardcover)
Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
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Graphic novels (kurimchaek) are a major art form in North Korea,
produced by agents of the regime to set out its vision in a range
of important areas. This book provides an analysis of North Korean
graphic novels, discussing the ideals they promote and the tensions
within those ideals, and examining the reception of graphic novels
in North Korea and by North Korean refugees in South Korea.
Particular themes considered include the ideal family and how the
regime promotes this; patriotism, and its conflict with class
identities; and the portrayal of the Korean War - "The Fatherland
Liberation War", as it is known in North Korea - and the
subsequent, continuing stand-off. Overall, the book demonstrates
the importance of graphic novels in North Korea as a tool for
bringing up children and for promoting North Korean ideals. In
addition, however, the book also shows that although the regime
sees the imaginative power of graphic novels as a necessity for
effective communication, graphic novels are also viewed with
caution in that they exist in everyday social life in ways that the
regime may be aware of, and seeks to control, but cannot dominate
completely.
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