South Korean Golden Age Melodrama: Gender, Genre, and National Cinema (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series)

by KathleenMcHugh (Editor), NancyAbelmann (Editor)

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  2005

  $32.11

  Immediately following the Korean War, South Korea's film industry flourished with local production of high-quality films. This text addresses the appeal of particular film modes and aesthetics, especially melodrama. It examines genre in relation to articulation of nation and constructions of gender.