Jae-Cheon Lim (South Korea Korea University)

Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea

The Leader State

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Produktbeschreibung

North Korea may be an extreme case where a modern state puts concerted efforts for the cult of its leaders and their family. This book attempts to delve into how the North Korean state has established the cult of the Kims, how it uses leader symbols in the cult, and the symbolic meanings that the leader symbol evokes. As such, it will be essential reading for students and scholars of North Korea, Korean politics, Asian politics, political sociology and visual politics.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781138831421
• ISBN-10: 1138831425
• Artikelnr.: 41478480

Autorenporträt

Jae-Cheon Lim is Associate Professor in the Department of North Korean Studies at Korea University, South Korea.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Leader Symbols in North Korea 2. Leader Symbols, the Cult, and its Impact on Political Succession 3. Myth
and Ritual
Making in Kim Il Sung's Anti
Japanese Struggle 4. The Kims: Image
making 5. Symbolic Leadership: The Leader's Guidance Tour as a Symbolic Act 6. Conclusion