Laughing North Koreans
The Culture of Comedy Films
Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0829-1 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0829-1 (ISBN)
This study analyzes North Korean comedy films from the late 1960s to present day. It analyzes their role in the culture of the film industry, the subjectivity of the viewer, and the impact popular actors and comedians have had on North Korean society.
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.
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.
Immanuel Kim is Korea Foundation and Kim-Renaud Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Culture Studies at George Washington University.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 413 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-0829-6 / 1793608296 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-0829-1 / 9781793608291 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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