Displaying North Korean Children
From Local to Global Memories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12969307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginie Grzelczyk (0000-0001-9802-7161, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-101 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jeunesse Young People Texts Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1920-2601 • E-ISSN: 1920-261X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jeunesse.13.2.81 |
| OpenAlex | W4286329568 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) looms large in international political and security spheres because of its harsh domestic dictatorship as well as its pursuit of nuclear weapons. It is a country that is difficult to access physically because of its controlled borders, and the evolution of North Korean society is clouded by the propaganda that is routinely dispatched by the government. As a result of the state’s focus on militarization and regime survival, specific population groups are often ignored in broader debates about North Korean society, yet they provide important insights into the paradoxical nature of the North Korean society; children are one such group. While there is plenty of evidence, gathered by NGOs and IGOs, that North Korean children suffer from both physical and emotional violence in North Korea, they are also celebrated and revered by the government: the Mangyongdae Children’s Palace in Pyongyang, for instance, is seemingly dedicated to children’s after-school activities and well-being. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the DPRK during International Children’s Day in 2019, this article examines the place of children in the construction of North Korean national identity and exposes how children are both celebrated and utilized to become “memorable,” supporting the North Korean government’s survival goals via large-stage installations such as the gymnastic Mass Games
Democracy · Dictatorship · Government (linguistics · Militarization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · State (computer science · Demography · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Middle East Politics and Society
Changes in North Korea’s higher education and education management system during the Kim Jong Un Era
‘I Saw a Nightmare . . .’
On Korean memory
Creating a new discipline of memory studies
Beyond History and Memory
Presenting Juche
Portrayals of Non-North Koreans in North Korean Textbooks and the Formation of National Identity
The Politics of Sport and Identity in North Korea
Economic crisis, women's changing economic roles, and their implications for women's status in North Korea
Unearthing the Past
Globalisation and Education
Souvenir shopping experiences
Pyongyang's Survival Strategy
Staging the past
Walking together? The mediatised performative commemoration of 7/7’s tenth anniversary
The dictator’s screenplay
Dictators and Their Subjects
Let Morning Shine over Pyongyang
"Staging the "Cartography of Paradox
Finding Meaning in Memory
Post-totalitarian national identity
Reconciling Nations and Citizenship
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |