Unexpected alliances : independent filmmakers, the state, and the film industry in post-authoritarian South Korea / Young-a Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Park, Young-a, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Independent films--Political aspects--Korea (South).

Independent films.

Independent filmmakers--Korea (South).

Independent filmmakers.

Motion picture industry--Korea (South).

Motion picture industry.

Politics and culture--Korea (South).

Politics and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1999, South Korean films have dominated roughly 40 to 60 percent of the Korean domestic box-office, matching or even surpassing Hollywood films in popularity. Why is this, and how did it come about? In Unexpected Alliances, Young-a Park seeks to answer these questions by exploring the cultural and institutional roots of the Korean film industry's phenomenal success in the context of Korea's political transition in the late 1990's and early 2000's. The book investigates the unprecedented interplay between independent filmmakers, the state, and the mainstream film industry under

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Note to Readers; Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1. Film Activism: Cinema as Politics; Chapter 2. Independent Film: Cultural Production under Post authoritarian Conditions; Chapter 3. Beating Titanic: Independent Filmmakers at the Helm of Cultural Nationalism; Chapter 4. Transforming Activist Culture: Women Filmmakers and New Filmic Spaces; Chapter 5. Film Festival Fever: The Circulation of Independent Films; Epilogue: New Cultural Spaces, New Sensibilities; Notes; Bibliography; Selected Filmography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804793476

0804793476

OCLC:

923710635