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

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 prev...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2023
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:ReFocus: The International Directors Series : RFIDS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 16 B/W illustrations 16 B&W images
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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