Literature and Film in Cold War South Korea: Freedom's Frontier

by Theodore Hughes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231157495
• ISBN13: 9780231157490
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"