Contemporary Korean Cinema: Culture, Identity and Politics

The first in-depth, comprehensive study of Korean cinema offering original insight into the relationships between ideology and the art of cinema from East Asian perspectives. Combines issues of contemporary Korean culture and cinematic representation of the society and people in both North and South Korea. Covers the introduction of motion pictures in 1903, Korean cinema during the Japanese colonial period (1910-45) and the development of North and South Korean cinema up to the 1990s. Introduces the works of Korea's major directors, and analyses the Korean film industry in terms of film production, distribution and reception. Based on this historical analysis, the study investigates ideological constructs in seventeen films, eight from North Korea and nine from South Korea.

Author: Hyangjin Lee
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 03/15/2001
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780719060083

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2001 pg. 126

About the Author

Hyangjin Lee is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield