Cold War cosmopolitanism period style in 1950s Korean cinema Klein, Christina 1963- creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. cau 2020 monographic eng print xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm "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"-- Introduction -- Post-colonial, postwar, Cold War -- Cold War cosmopolitan feminism -- Public culture -- The Après Girl : character and plot -- Film culture, sound culture : setting, cinematography, and sound -- Consumer culture and the black market : mise-en-scene -- A commitment to showmanship : spectacle -- Conclusion. Christina Klein. Includes bibliographical references and index. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons [CC-BY-NC-ND] license. To view a copy of the license, visit. http://creativecommons.org/licenses. a-ko--- a-kr--- Han, Hyŏng-mo 1917-1999 Criticism and interpretation Motion picture producers and directors Korea (South) Motion pictures Korea History 20th century Motion pictures Social aspects Korea Han, Hyŏng-mo 1917-1999 Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures Social aspects Korea Korea (South) 1900-1999 fast PN1998.3.H348 K55 2020 791.4302/33092 Cold war cosmopolitanism Klein, Christina, 1963- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] (DLC) 2019036823 9780520296503 0520296508 9780520968981 2019036822 pda,print This work is licensed under a Creative Commons [CC-BY-NC-ND] license. To view a copy of the license, visit. CU-S/DLC 190910 20250318215000.8 in00004156836 eng