The Cleanest Race - B. R. Myers (.mobi)
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DetailUnderstanding North Korea through its propagandaA newly revised and updated edition that includes a consideration of Kim Jung Il's successor, Kim Jong-On What do the North Koreans really believe? How do they see themselves and the world around them? Here B.R. Myers, a North Korea analyst and a contributing editor of The Atlantic, presents the first full-length study of the North Korean worldview. Drawing on extensive research into the regime’s domestic propaganda, including films, romance novels and other artifacts of the personality cult, Myers analyzes each of the country’s official myths in turnfrom the notion of Koreans’ unique moral purity, to the myth of an America quaking in terror of ";the Iron General.".About the AuthorB.R. Myers was born in New Jersey and raised in Bermuda, South Africa and Germany. He has a Ph.D. in North Korean Studies from the University of Tübingen in Germany. His books include Han Sorya and North Korean Literature (Cornell East Asia Series, 1994) and A Reader’s Manifesto (Melville House, 2002). At present he directs the international studies department at Dongseo University in South Korea. In addition to writing literary criticism for the American magazine The Atlantic, of which he is a contributing editor, Myers regularly contributes articles on North Korea to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and academic publications.
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Customer Reviews
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A useful analysis into a difficult situation.
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Four Stars
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Higly recommended.
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Fascinating study of North Korean propaganda
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The best books I've read on The DPRK
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Scholarly
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A window into the culture and propaganda of possibly the strangest nation.
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Brilliant!
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this was still great read. Myers uses jargon in a few places ...
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and I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in understanding the longevity of ...
