Parameters of Disavowal
The colonial experience of the early twentieth century shaped Korea’s culture and identity, leaving a troubling past that was subtly reconstructed in South Korean postcolonial cinema. Relating postcolonial discourses to a reading of Manchurian action films, kisaeng and gangster films, and revenge ho...
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| description | The colonial experience of the early twentieth century shaped Korea’s culture and identity, leaving a troubling past that was subtly reconstructed in South Korean postcolonial cinema. Relating postcolonial discourses to a reading of Manchurian action films, kisaeng and gangster films, and revenge horror films, Parameters of Disavowal shows how filmmakers reworked, recontextualized, and erased ideas and symbols of colonial power. In particular, Jinsoo An examines how South Korean films privileged certain sites, such as the kisaeng house and the Manchurian frontier, generating unique meanings that challenged the domination of the colonial power, and how horror films indirectly explored both the continuing trauma of colonial violence and lingering emotional ties to the colonial order. Espousing the ideology of nationalism while responding to a new Cold War order that positioned Japan and South Korea as political and economic allies, postcolonial cinema formulated distinctive ways of seeing and imagining the colonial past. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-365572025-01-28T13:21:30Z Parameters of Disavowal Jinsoo, An Korean cinema colonialism postcolonial culture film genre historical film space in film national identity Cold War Japan Kisaeng South Korea thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies The colonial experience of the early twentieth century shaped Korea’s culture and identity, leaving a troubling past that was subtly reconstructed in South Korean postcolonial cinema. Relating postcolonial discourses to a reading of Manchurian action films, kisaeng and gangster films, and revenge horror films, Parameters of Disavowal shows how filmmakers reworked, recontextualized, and erased ideas and symbols of colonial power. In particular, Jinsoo An examines how South Korean films privileged certain sites, such as the kisaeng house and the Manchurian frontier, generating unique meanings that challenged the domination of the colonial power, and how horror films indirectly explored both the continuing trauma of colonial violence and lingering emotional ties to the colonial order. Espousing the ideology of nationalism while responding to a new Cold War order that positioned Japan and South Korea as political and economic allies, postcolonial cinema formulated distinctive ways of seeing and imagining the colonial past. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-07-09 11:15:02 2020-04-01T12:36:31Z 2018 book 1000229 OCN: 1051782252 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29715 9780520295308 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36557 eng Global Korea open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29715/1/UCP-051-an.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29715/1/UCP-051-an.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29715/1/UCP-051-an.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29715/1/UCP-051-an.pdf University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.51 10.1525/luminos.51 19856893-4bf2-4e3e-9137-c7692d64e4c1 9780520295308 204 Oakland open access |
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