North Korea’s Mundane Revolution: Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953–1965

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Andre Schmid

North Korea’s Mundane Revolution

Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953–1965

Andre Schmid

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English

University of California Press
17 May 2024

Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Ethnic studies

Series: Asia Pacific Modern

When the crucial years after the Korean War are remembered today, histories about North Korea largely recount a grand epic of revolution centering on the ascent of Kim Il Sung to absolute power. Often overshadowed in this storyline, however, are the myriad ways the Korean population participated in party-state projects to rebuild their lives and country after the devastation of the war. North Korea's Mundane Revolution traces the origins of the country's long-term durability in the questions that Korean women and men raised about the modern individual, housing, family life, and consumption. Using a wide range of overlooked sources, Andre Schmid examines the formation of a gendered socialist lifestyle in North Korea by focusing on the localized processes of socioeconomic and cultural change. This style of ""New Living"" replaced radical definitions of gender and class revolution with the politics of individual self-reform and cultural elevation, leading to a depoliticization of the country's political culture in the very years that Kim Il Sung rose to power.

By: Andre Schmid
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 19
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520392847
ISBN 10: 0520392841
Series: Asia Pacific Modern
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 17 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andre Schmid is Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for North Korea’s Mundane Revolution: Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953–1965

""A story of the perception, accommodation, co-creation, and, occasionally, critique of the New Living. . . . The author has turned to hitherto under-utilised sources that are often dismissed as products of state propaganda: advice literature, contemporary press and published memoirs."" * Twentieth Century Communism *