March 29, 2024

About the author

Tatiana Gabroussenko

Tatiana Gabroussenko obtained her PhD in East Asian Studies at the Australian National University. She is currently a professor of North Korean studies at Korea University, Seoul. Her latest book, "Soldiers on the Cultural Front: Developments in the Early History of North Korean Literature and Literary Policy," was included in the Choice magazine list of Outstanding Academic Titles of 2012.

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How a Chongryon-made movie gave 1980s North Korea a glimpse of capitalist life

How a Chongryon-made movie gave 1980s North Korea a glimpse of capitalist life

Aimed at instilling patriotism, "Silver Hairpin" suggested Koreans were better off in Japan

How a Chongryon-made movie gave 1980s North Korea a glimpse of capitalist life
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko November 14, 2018
How North Korea’s nascent consumerism has succeeded in toeing the party line

How North Korea’s nascent consumerism has succeeded in toeing the party line

Far from challenging juche orthodoxy, DPRK-style capitalism has pushed traditional state values

How North Korea’s nascent consumerism has succeeded in toeing the party line
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko October 17, 2018
Bureaucrats, whiners, and wild horses: industrial managers in North Korean TV

Bureaucrats, whiners, and wild horses: industrial managers in North Korean TV

Portrayal of non-party enterprise officials has become decidedly more sympathetic over the years

Bureaucrats, whiners, and wild horses: industrial managers in North Korean TV
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko September 13, 2018
“Do you envy it?” Why North Korean movies urged the people to idealize city life

“Do you envy it?” Why North Korean movies urged the people to idealize city life

In DPRK culture, modern technology always means happiness

“Do you envy it?” Why North Korean movies urged the people to idealize city life
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko July 23, 2018
Suspicious knowledge: foreign languages in North Korean culture

Suspicious knowledge: foreign languages in North Korean culture

Propaganda has traditionally portrayed those interested in life overseas with suspicion

Suspicious knowledge: foreign languages in North Korean culture
“Imagine this is tasty!”: cold noodles in North Korean popular culture

“Imagine this is tasty!”: cold noodles in North Korean popular culture

The regime's propagandists turned a famine relief food into a national symbol

“Imagine this is tasty!”: cold noodles in North Korean popular culture
Misogyny in camouflage: gender relations in Songun cinema

Misogyny in camouflage: gender relations in Songun cinema

The "military-first" era saw DPRK culture embrace some troubling ideas about romantic relations

Misogyny in camouflage: gender relations in Songun cinema
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko March 30, 2018
How N. Korean filmmakers turned to melodrama to win the youth for Juche

How N. Korean filmmakers turned to melodrama to win the youth for Juche

As attitudes began to change in the 1980s, DPRK filmmakers reached into the colonial past

How N. Korean filmmakers turned to melodrama to win the youth for Juche
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko March 1, 2018
Pyongyang pin-ups: North Korea’s film and TV beauties

Pyongyang pin-ups: North Korea’s film and TV beauties

In DPRK culture, big is beautiful and round faces are the must-have

Pyongyang pin-ups: North Korea’s film and TV beauties
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko February 7, 2018
Iron and rice: food culture in North Korean movies

Iron and rice: food culture in North Korean movies

Coverage of culinary affairs has often reflected changing economic realities in the DPRK

Iron and rice: food culture in North Korean movies
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko December 21, 2017