Fashion and the Social Construction of Femininity in North Korea
Abstract
In this paper we argue that North Korea’s socioeconomic transformation has had a profound and yet under-appreciated impact on the social construction of femininity. Drawing on 45 in-depth interviews with North Korean refugees, interviews with regular visitors to North Korea and NGO workers, and our own field notes from trips to North Korea, we analyse changes over three discernible (yet overlapping) economic periods: the 1960s–90s pre-famine...
Paper Details
Title
Fashion and the Social Construction of Femininity in North Korea
Published Date
Sep 18, 2017
Journal
Volume
41
Issue
4
Pages
507 - 525
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