Literature and Film in Cold War South Korea Freedom's Frontier.
- New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (287 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix; INTRODUCTION 1; 1. VISUALITY AND THE COLONIAL MODERN: The Technics of Proletarian Culture, Nativism, Modernism, and Mobilization 19; 2. VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE STATES: Liberation, Occupation, Division 61; 3. AMBIVALENT ANTICOMMUNISM: The Politics of Despair and the Erotics of Language 91; 4. DEVELOPMENT AS DEVOLUTION: Overcoming Communism and the "Land of Excrement" Incident 129; 5. RETURN TO THE COLONIAL PRESENT: Translation, Collaboration, Pan-Asianism 165; POSTSCRIPT 205; NOTES 211; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 245; INDEX 259.
Korean writers and filmmakers crossed literary and visual cultures in multilayered ways under Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945). Taking advantage of new modes and media that emerged in the early twentieth century, these artists sought subtle strategies for representing the realities of colonialism and global modernity. Theodore Hughes begins by unpacking the relations among literature, film, and art in Korea's colonial period, paying particular attention to the emerging proletarian movement, literary modernism, nativism, and wartime mobilization. He then demonstrates how these developmen.
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Korean literature--History and criticism.--20th century Politics in literature. Nationalism and literature--Korea (South) Motion pictures--History and criticism.--Korea (South)--20th century Motion pictures--Political aspects--Korea (South) Politics in motion pictures.