Seoul Searching
Subtitle: Culture and Identity in Contemporary Korean Cinema (Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: October 4, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780791472262
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Culture in motion pictures; Korea (South); Motion pictures
Description: "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.