New Korean Cinema

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ISBN: 9780814740309 | 0814740308
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/30/2005

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Korean film has been heralded as the "newest tiger" of Asian cinema. South Korea is currently one of the only countries in the world in which local films outsell Hollywood films, and Korean films have attained both critical acclaim and widespread popularity in the United States and around the globe.

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Notes on the Contributors	p. vii
List of Illustrations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Forging a New Cinema
Contemporary Cultural Production in South Korea: Vanishing Meta-Narratives of Nation	p. 15
The Korean Film Industry: 1992 to the Present	p. 32
Globalisation and New Korean Cinema	p. 51
Chunhyang: Marketing an Old Tradition in New Korean Cinema	p. 63
'Cine-Mania' or Cinephilia: Film Festivals and the Identity Question	p. 79
Generic Transformations
Putting Korean Cinema in its Place: Genre Classifications and the Contexts of Reception	p. 95
Horror as Critique in Tell Me Something and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	p. 106
Two of a Kind: Gender and Friendship in Friend and Take Care of My Cat	p. 117
'Just Because': Comedy, Melodrama and Youth Violence in Attack the Gas Station	p. 132
All at Sea? National History and Historiology in Soul's Protest and Phantom, the Submarine	p. 144
Social Change and Civil Society
Peppermint Candy: The Will Not to Forget	p. 159
The Awkward Traveller in Turning Gate	p. 170
Memento Mori and Other Ghostly Sexualities	p. 180
Interethnic Romance and Political Reconciliation in Asako in Ruby Shoes	p. 193
Glossary of Key Terms	p. 210
Bibliography of Works on Korean Cinema	p. 222
Websites	p. 228
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