| Abstract: | Rediscovering Korean Cinema aims to walk its readers through almost over eighty years of Korean cinematic history. The volume traces a path that starts with the under examined early years of film production during the Colonial period (1910-45) and leads to the unprecedented surge of popularity and media consumption of the contemporary "Korean wave." With each chapter taking a close look at a select film across the decades, the contributors explore the rapidly shifting climates: from the scars of military occupation to the division of war, into the specter of autocratic regimes and the challenges of a rapid modernization and economic development. In doing so, the volume hopes to help scholars rediscover (or discover!) Korean cinema and the unique perspectives it provides, into both Korea itself and the international cinematic culture to which it contributes. |
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