ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young / / ed. by Chung-kang Kim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Bechervaise, Jason,; Choe, Steve,; Edwards, Russell,; Kim, Chung-kang,; Kim, Han Sang,; Kim, Kyu Hyun,; Kim, Molly,; Schudson, Ariel,; Sohyoun, Kim,
• HerausgeberIn: Kim, Chung-kang,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The International Directors Series : RFIDS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 16 B/W illustrations 16 B&W images

The first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young and his films in EnglishOffers an innovative critical analysis of Kim Ki-young’s films from a range of fresh and nuanced perspectivesIntroduces a significant South Korean film auteur within the history of global cinema whose work has been previously overlookedIncreases the understanding of modern South Korean history and culture through an analysis of the trajectory of Kim Ki-young’s workWorld-renowned South Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho, cite Kim Ki-young as being the greatest Korean influence on their work. During his thirty year career, Kim Ki-young produced thirty-three films and became revered by critics within the national and international community as one of the few South Korean ‘auteurs’. As the first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young in English, ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young covers his entire career and history of cinematic work, highlighting the thematic and stylistic singularity of Kim’s oeuvre, which was produced relative to the specific historical and cultural conditions of post-war South Korea. It offers an innovative departure point from which to explore South Korean film relative to the wider history of world cinema, in addition to situating Kim’s work within the broader fields of Korean modern history, transnational cinema and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Notes on Film Titles, Romanization of Korean Names and Film Festival -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Kim Ki-young, the First Global South Korean Auteur -- Part 1 Beyond the Border: Transnational/Hybridity/Border-Crossing -- Chapter 1 Kim Ki-young at the Intersection of Cold War Alliance, National Reconstruction and the Artistic Impulse -- Chapter 2 “We Shall All Need That Basket/ A-Frame Carrier”: A Comparative Analysis of Goryeojang (1963) and Ballad of Narayama (1958/1983) -- Chapter 3 Love Thy Enemy: Kim Ki-young’s Exploration of Korean-Japanese Romance in The Sea Knows (1961) -- Part 2 Beyond the Norm: Psychology, Biopolitics and Sexuality -- Chapter 4 Refiguring The Housemaid’s Singularity: From Dualism to Triadism Based on the Lacanian Perspective -- Chapter 5 Men, Women and the Electric Household: Kim Ki-young’s Housemaid Films -- Chapter 6 To Speak and To Be Spoken For: Deafness, Stuttering and the Women in the Films of Kim Ki-young -- Part 3 Becoming an (Global) Auteur -- Chapter 7 The Intersection of Authorship and Film Regulation During the Period of Military Rule: An Analysis of Kim Ki-young’s National Policy Films, Soil (1978) and Water Lady (1979) -- Chapter 8 Rediscovering Kim Ki-young: The Rise of the South Korean Auteur on the Film Festival Circuit -- Appendix -- Index