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Contemporary Korean cinema : identity, culture, and politics / Hyangjin Lee.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.K6 L44 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Hyangjin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Korea--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Korea.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2000.
- Summary:
- This comprehensive book defines the significance of film-making and film viewing in Korea. Covering the introduction of motion pictures in 1903, Korean cinema during the Japanese colonial period (1910-45), and the development of North and South Korean cinema up to the 1990s, Lee introduces the works of Korea's major directors, and analyzes the Korean film industry in terms of production, distribution, and reception.
- Contents:
- 1 The creation of national identity: a history of Korean cinema 16
- Korean film during the Japanese colonial period 17
- The development of North Korean film 30
- The development of South Korean film 45
- 2 Gender and cinematic adaptations of Ch'unhyangjon 67
- The origins of Ch'unhyangjon 69
- The significance of Ch'unhyangjon in Korean film history 72
- The images of Ch'unhyang in South Korean films 75
- The images of Ch'unhyang in North Korean films 84
- Ch'unhyang and patriarchal gender relations in Korean society 90
- Class and traditional family values in Ch'unhyangjon 94
- 3 Nationhood and the cinematic representation of history 102
- Anti-imperialism in three North Korean films 106
- Anti-communism in three South Korean films 118
- Familyhood and nationhood 135
- 4 Class and cultural identities in contemporary Korea 144
- Class conflicts in three North Korean films 150
- Class dynamics in three South Korean films 165
- Class experience and cultural tradition 181.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.): Common culture, divided nation.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-234) and index.
- Includes filmography: pages [194]-221.
- ISBN:
- 0719060079
- 0719060087
- OCLC:
- 46314875
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