Guyanese Mass Games: spectacles that "moulded" the nation in a North Korean way.
This paper examines the Guyanese Mass Games, multi-media spectacles of visual and performing arts initiated by the leader of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana and performed by Guyanese artists and youth aided by North Korean artists. North Korea and Guyana staged the games as the postcolonial and...
| Publicado en: | Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 180 - 204 |
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