Seoul searching : culture and identity in contemporary Korean cinema / Frances Gateward, editor.
"Seoul Searching is a collection of fourteen provocative essays about contemporary South Korean cinema, the most productive and dynamic cinema in Asia. Examining the three dominant genres that have led Korean film to international acclaim - melodramas, big-budget action blockbusters, and youth...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
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| Summary: | "Seoul Searching is a collection of fourteen provocative essays about contemporary South Korean cinema, the most productive and dynamic cinema in Asia. Examining the three dominant genres that have led Korean film to international acclaim - melodramas, big-budget action blockbusters, and youth films - the contributors look at Korean cinema as industry, art form, and cultural product, and engage cinema's role in the formation of Korean identities."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435626898 1435626893 9780791472255 9780791479339 0791479331 0791472256 9780791472262 0791472264 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |