Elizabeth Shim

Gebundenes Buch

North Korea's Nuclear Cinema

Simulation and Neoliberal Politics in the Two Koreas

Beschreibung

"What exactly is the North Korean nuclear threat? Why is North Korea engaging in hostilities when its erstwhile adversaries have offered a diplomatic exit ramp? This book introduces new ways of understanding North Korea's provocations within the context of changing media technologies. Chapter by chapter, it explains how North Korea's footage-based nuclear politics is presented as military practice to promote the image of North Korea as a nuclear power, but ultimately traces its lineage to cinematic propaganda, a tradition that blurs the line between image and reality"--

Autor

Elizabeth Shim was a Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair Nextgen Scholar, is currently Senior Principal at Haven Tower Group and previously United Press International's Chief Asia Writer. She has written for The Associated Press, USA Today, the Toronto Star and the South China Morning Post and is co-author of The Korean War in Color (2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781350259485
• ISBN-10: 1350259489
• Artikelnr.: 70055472