Portrayals of Non-North Koreans in North Korean Textbooks and the Formation of National Identity

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12349654
AutoresDongbae Lee (The University of Queensland, autor correspondente), Dong-bae Lee
Ano2010
Volume34
Fascículo3
Páginas349-369
Data de publicação2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357823.2010.507865
OpenAlexW2068266695
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas9

This article examines the portrayal of non-North Koreans in North Korean textbooks to assess the influences on the formation of North Korean identity, and how such identity formation is important in Kim Jeong-il's retention of power. This study not only looks closely at textual representations; it also examines how political and ideological changes in North Korea had a critical influence on these texts. The study encompasses both lexico-grammatical analysis and the analysis of textual and visual images, based on an examination of six North Korean language textbooks published from 1954 to 2000. It demonstrates that North Korean identity is defined through the portrayal of non-North Koreans, particularly enemy others. The portrayal of non-North Koreans facilitates the formation of a solid North Korean identity – an identity that entails serving their political leaders, remaining vigilant against threats to their country, and liberating South Koreans from poverty and oppression by America and its puppet states

Aesthetics · Critical discourse analysis · Identity (music · Ideology · National identity · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law