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Dual Power Mechanism and Body Politics : Focusing on the Case Study of North Korean Restaurants in Thailand 이중적 권력기제, 몸 정치의 발생 : 태국 북한식당 공연 사례연구를 중심으로 ×
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ISSN : 2383-5214(Print)
ISSN : 2733-4279(Online)
Asian Dance Journal Vol.55 pp.353-371
DOI : 10.26861/sddh.2019.55.353

이중적 권력기제, 몸 정치의 발생 : 태국 북한식당 공연 사례연구를 중심으로

Dual Power Mechanism and Body Politics : Focusing on the Case Study of North Korean Restaurants in Thailand

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Ha, Sangwoo

Abstract

This paper focuses on North Korean restaurants as a medium of culture and tourism. Prior to the analytical discussion, the researcher first summarizes the concept of 'Munyae', which North Korea uses instead of culture, in order to understand the basic historical background of North Korean art policy. The researcher understands dance and art in North Korea as a tool to express the representative ideology of the revolution, as well as the performances, which operate inside the North Korean restaurants, serve as an important means to secure government funds for North Korean authorities. Based on the understanding of the North Korean art background, this paper examines the dual suppression mechanisms presented by the North Korean authorities, and discusses the effects of body politics on restaurant performers. According to the results of this study, the North Korea interprets their restaurant in Thailand as a transformative device to hide the function of the restaurant, which is used as a medium of political support for the communist country while placing it in the tourism industry category. In addition, the North Korea suppresses the activities of female employees, who are the actual operators and performers, in the overseas North Korean restaurants, while allowing performances coming from other countries. This dual power mechanism manipulates the female performers' bodies that can flexibly cope with other cultures that have been excluded from them, and at the same time expects their bodies tamed with socialist ideology.

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