Parameters of Disavowal: Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema

205 Pages·2018·3.147 MB·English

by  Jinsoo An

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Parameters of Disavowal
GLOBAL KOREA
Series Editor: John Lie (University of California, Berkeley)
Editorial Board: Eun-Su Cho (Seoul National University), Hyaeweol Choi (Australian
National University), Theodore Hughes (Columbia University), Eun-jeung Lee (Free
University of Berlin), Laura Nelson (University of California, Berkeley), Andre Schmid
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1. Jinsoo An, Parameters of Disavowal: Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema
Parameters of Disavowal
Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema
Jinsoo An
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© 2018 by Jinsoo An
Suggested citation: An, J. Parameters of Disavowal: Colonial Representation
in South Korean Cinema. Oakland: University of California Press, 2018.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.51
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: An, Jinsoo, 1968– author.
Title: Parameters of disavowal : colonial representation in South Korean
cinema / Jinsoo An.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] |
Series: Global Korea ; 1 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018002008 (print) | LCCN 2018004386 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780520968103 (Pub) | ISBN 9780520295308 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Motion pictures—Korea (South)—History—20th century. |
Imperialism in motion pictures—20th century. | Nationalism in motion
pictures—20th century.
Classification: LCC PN1993.5.K6 (ebook) | LCC PN1993.5.K6 A74 2018
(print) | DDC 791.430951/95—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018002008
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Contents
List of Illustrations vi
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Under the Banner of Nationalism: The Changing Imagery of
Anticolonial Leadership 14
2. Film and the Waesaek (“Japanese Color”) Controversies of the 1960s 35
3. The Manchurian Action Film: A New Anticolonial Imaginary in
the Cold War Context 52
4. In the Colonial Zone of Contact: Kisaeng and Gangster Films 76
5. Horror and Revenge: Return of the Repressed Colonial Violence 107
Coda: After 2000 125
Notes 133
Bibliography 165
Index 173