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Death and Transfiguration: The Late Kim Jong-il Aesthetic in North Korean Cultural Production

Adam Cathcart
&
Pekka KorhonenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 390-405 | Published online: 16 Mar 2016

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Videography: Music

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