Two lenses on the Korean ethos : key cultural concepts and their appearance in cinema / Keumsil Kim Yoon and Bruce Williams.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Yoon, Keumsil Kim, 1950- author.
• Williams, Bruce, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Motion pictures--Social aspects--Korea (North).
• Motion pictures--Social aspects.
• Korea (North).
• Motion pictures--Social aspects--Korea (South).
• Korea (South).
• Korea (South)--In motion pictures.
• Korea (North)--In motion pictures.
• Culture in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

v, 279 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

"This book provides a roadmap of the Korean ethos, detailing its representation in key cultural words and in film. Part I explores defining concepts generally regarded as being untranslatable, and Korean cinema. Part II analyzes film narratives based on these concepts via close readings of 13 films, including three from North Korea"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Conceptual framework: introductory remarks
• Understanding key (cultural) words
• Korean key cultural words
• Cinema, culture, and key words
• Key cultural words
• Through film narratives
• Introductory remarks
• Han in venting
• Jeong in irrationality
• Deok in progress
• Key cultural concepts as viewed from the north
• Expanded viewings
• Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780786496822
• 0786496827

OCLC:

883647510