[KS] New Book Announcement: North Korea's Nuclear Cinema

[Elizabeth Shim]

Dear Colleagues:


I am pleased to announce that my book based on a decade of news journalism
and graduate-level research, North Korea’s Nuclear Cinema: Simulation and
Neoliberal Politics in the Two Koreas
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/north-koreas-nuclear-cinema-9781350259508/>
(Bloomsbury Academic), is now available in print and eBook formats.


About the Book:


North Korea's Nuclear Cinema examines why and how North Korea has
transitioned to an image-based nuclear power in the changing context of a
post-Cold War world. What exactly is the North Korean nuclear threat? Why
is North Korea engaging in hostilities when its erstwhile adversaries have
offered a diplomatic exit ramp? Chapter by chapter, it explains how North
Korea's footage-based nuclear politics is presented as military practice,
but ultimately traces its lineage to cinematic propaganda, a tradition that
blurs the line between image and reality.


By leveraging cinematic resources in place of physical military
mobilization, North Korea continues to move international political actors
with the mere suggestion of nuclear power. At a moment when North Korea is
enhancing media representation, this book dives into a timely exploration
of how the regime is projecting state power as South Korean televisual
media challenges the North Korean communist spectacle that has held a
captive audience for decades.


A preview of the book is available online
<https://bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/6721ad39ee35880001da04f9>. A
publisher’s 35% discount off the list price is available in the attached
flyer.


Please reach out to me directly [liz at globalasianculture.com] for more
information, including review copies for academic journals and news
organizations.


Thank you and all the best,


Elizabeth Shim
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