New Korean Cinema / / Chi-Yun Shin, Julian Stringer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Shin, Chi-Yun,; Stringer, Julian,
• MitwirkendeR: Abelmann, Nancy,; Ahn, SooJeong,; Berry, Chris,; Choi, Jung-ah,; Chung, Hye Seung,; Diffrient, David Scott,; Grossman, Andrew,; Kim, Kyu Hyun,; Kim, Kyung Hyun,; Kim, Soyoung,; Lee, Hyangjin,; Lee, Jooran,; Magnan-Park, Aaron Han Joon,; Paquet, Darcy,; Robinson, Michael,; Shin, Chi-Yun,; Shin, Jeeyoung,; Stringer, Julian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I FORGING A NEW CINEMA --; 1. CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH KOREA: VANISHING META-NARRATIVES OF NATION --; 2. THE KOREAN FILM INDUSTRY: 1992 TO THE PRESENT --; 3. GLOBALISATION AND NEW KOREAN CINEMA --; 4. CHUNHYANG: MARKETING AN OLD TRADITION IN NEW KOREAN CINEMA --; 5. ‘CINE-MANIA’ OR CINEPHILIA: FILM FESTIVALS AND THE IDENTITY QUESTION --; PART II GENERIC TRANSFORMATIONS --; 6. PUTTING KOREAN CINEMA IN ITS PLACE: GENRE CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE CONTEXTS OF RECEPTION --; 7. HORROR AS CRITIQUE IN TELL ME SOMETHING AND SYMPATHY FOR MR.VENGEANCE --; 8.TWO OF A KIND: GENDER AND FRIENDSHIP IN FRIEND AND TAKE CARE OF MY CAT --; 9. ‘JUST BECAUSE’: COMEDY, MELODRAMA AND YOUTH VIOLENCE IN ATTACK THE GAS STATION --; 10. ALL AT SEA? NATIONAL HISTORY AND HISTORIOLOGY IN SOUL’S PROTEST AND PHANTOM,THE SUBMARINE --; PART III SOCIAL CHANGE AND CIVIL SOCIETY --; 11. PEPPERMINT CANDY: THE WILL NOT TO FORGET --; 12. THE AWKWARD TRAVELLER IN TURNING GATE --; 13. MEMENTO MORI AND OTHER GHOSTLY SEXUALITIES --; 14. INTERETHNIC ROMANCE AND POLITICAL RECONCILIATION IN ASAKO IN RUBY SHOES --; GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON KOREAN CINEMA --; WEBSITES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474472579; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474472579
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Chi-Yun Shin, Julian Stringer.

A wide-ranging analysis of one of the world's most important contemporary film industriesProvides new insights into the relations forged between cinema and civil society since the early 1990sConsiders innovative and timely areas of concern such as globalization, transnationalism and new mediaContains in-depth analyses of key films like Chunhyang, Memento Mori, Peppermint Candy and Take Care of My CatIncludes a glossary of key terms and bibliography of works on Korean cinemaIllustrated with 24 black-and-white stillsNew Korean Cinema adopts a cross-cultural and multi-dimensional perspective and provides a comprehensive overview of the production, circulation and reception of modern South Korean cinema. Together with discussions of Korean society and culture, it considers the political economy of the film industry, strategies of domestic and international distribution and marketing, the consumption of films in diverse reception environments, and the relation of film texts to their cultural, historical and social contexts. Gathering critics from Asia, Europe and North America, New Korean Cinema contributes to the discussion of the complex role played by national and regional cinemas in a global age. It will be of interest to students and critics of Popular Culture and Film Studies as well as East Asian Studies and Korean Studies.