Parameters of Disavowal. : Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema / / Volume 1.0 : / An Jinsoo.

• VerfasserIn: Jinsoo, An,
• Place / Publishing House: Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Global Korea ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 pages)

The colonial experience of the early twentieth century shaped Korea's culture and identity, leaving a troubling past that was subtly reconstructed in South Korean postcolonial cinema. Relating postcolonial discourses to a reading of Manchurian action films, kisaeng and gangster films, and reven...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Under the Banner of Nationalism The Changing Imagery of Anticolonial Leadership
• 2 Film and the Waesaek ("Japanese Color") Controversies of the 1960s
• 3 The Manchurian Action Film A New Anticolonial Imaginary in the Cold War Context
• 4 In the Colonial Zone of Contact Kisaeng and Gangster Films
• 5 Horror and Revenge Return of the Repressed Colonial Violence
• Coda After 2000
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.