Music – a propaganda promoting the Khmer Rouge socialist identity (via the Phnom Penh Post)
about 64 months ago (01/21/2019)
Music – a propaganda promoting the Khmer Rouge socialist identity (via the Phnom Penh Post) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 21, 2019 Shortly after their rise to power in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge sought to change the social identity of the Khmer people. Through forced relocation, expropriation of possessions and separation of family members, the regime sought to eliminate old identities as much as possible. But one curious and often overlooked aspect of their re-education programmes is the use of music, as propaganda songs were employed to promote the Khmer Rouge’s new, socialist identity.