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In the Space Made from Separation: Korean American Performances of North Korea in Revision
- Journal of Asian American Studies
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 20, Number 3, October 2017
- pp. 313-343
- 10.1353/jaas.2017.0031
- Article
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This article examines the drama You for Me for You, which was produced in Washington, D.C., Boston, London, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seoul between 2012 and 2017. The play's depiction of sisters separated while leaving North Korea joins a story of Korean American immigration with that of North Korean defection. After discussing patterns in representations of North Korea that have recently circulated in the United States, the article traces changes made across productions to argue that the play, in revision, illuminates how different modes of relating Korean America to North Korea forward distinct conceptions of intervention and care.