
Cold War Cosmopolitanism
Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema
Christina Klein(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 21. January 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-520-29650-3 (ISBN)
Description
South Korea in the 1950s was home to a burgeoning film culture, one of the many "Golden Age cinemas" that flourished in Asia during the postwar years. Cold War Cosmopolitanism offers a transnational cultural history of South Korean film style in this period, focusing on the works of Han Hyung-mo, director of the era's most glamorous and popular women's pictures, including the blockbuster Madame Freedom (1956). Christina Klein provides a unique approach to the study of film style, illuminating how Han's films took shape within a "free world" network of aesthetic and material ties created by the legacies of Japanese colonialism, the construction of US military bases, the waging of the cultural Cold War by the CIA, the forging of regional political alliances, and the import of popular cultures from around the world. Klein combines nuanced readings of Han's sophisticated style with careful attention to key issues of modernity-such as feminism, cosmopolitanism, and consumerism-in the first monograph devoted to this major Korean director.
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Reviews / Votes
"With this meticulous study, Christina Klein has created a unique product that systematically and in great detail deals with changes in film culture, so I warmly recommend the book." * New Review of Film and Television Studies * "Overall, Cold War Cosmopolitanism is an exciting and welcome addition to interdisciplinary and transnational Korean studies. It is well documented, convincingly argued, and a pleasure to read." * Acta Koreana *More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
27 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-29650-3 (9780520296503)
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01/2020
1st Edition
University of California Press
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Person
Christina Klein is Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Boston College.