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Opinion Book review: Jargon weighs down an impressive study of gender in North Korea‘North Korea’s Mundane Revolution’ draws heavily on DPRK publications but ultimately has limited appeal beyond academia
 In a new book, the Canadian academic Andre Schmid offers a theoretical critique of North Korea’s economic and social development in the period from the Korean War’s Armistice to the middle of the 1960s. “North Korea’s Mundane Revolution: Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953-1965” examines DPRK media after the Korean War to interpret the lives of Koreans in the country, exploring the regime’s failure to build an egalitarian society. But while the book draws on a wealth of Pyongyang publications to understand gender relations in North Korea, the author’s theoretical approach and heavy use of academic © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |
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