Book
Rural North Korea under communism: a study of sociocultural change
William Marsh Rice University • 62 (1) • Published In 1976 • Pages: iv, 176
By: Yi, Mun-ung.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the changes in culture and social organization that have occured in rural North Korea under Communism. It is based on documents available in the United States, South Korea and Japan, and on interviews with defectors from North Korea. Some of the topics discussed are land reform, cooperative farms, marriage, education, households and work stimulation campaigns. Rural society in North Korea has been completely reorganized into cooperatives which are responsible for education, social welfare, and rewarding productivity. Although families are no longer productive units or own land, they still have a socializing fuction. However lineage organization has been entirely undermined by land reform, geographical mobility, and campaigns against former landlords. Lee argues that traditional filial piety has been replaced in North Korea by a leadership cult centered on President Kim Il-sung.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Economic planning and development
- Labor and leisure
- Cooperative organization
- Chief executive
- Political movements
- Theological systems
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Korea
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1392-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- North Korea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mun Woong Lee
- Includes bibliographical references (p.151-176)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koreans