Description
In this unique and insightful book, Markus Bell explores the hidden histories of the men, women, and children who traveled from Japan to the world's most secretive state-North Korea. Through vivid ethnographic details and interviews with North Korean escapees, Outsiders: Memories of Migration to and from North Korea reveals the driving forces that propelled thousands of ordinary people to risk it all in Kim Il-Sung's "Worker's Paradise", only to escape back to Japan half a century later.
Author: Markus Bell
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 07/14/2023
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781800739130
ISBN10: 1800739133
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Asian Studies
About the Author
Markus Bell is an anthropologist specializing in migration, with over a decade of experience working with displaced people and migrant workers in the Asia Pacific. He has taught at the Australian National University, University of Sheffield, and Goethe University Frankfurt.