Perspectives on Contemporary Korea (Series)

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The South Korean Film Industry

Edited by Sangjoon Lee, Dal Yong Jin, and Junhyung Cho
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, History, Asian and Southeast Asian History, Art, Art History
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

A multifaceted exploration of the South Korean film industry

Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea

By Jesook Song & Michelle Cho
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Women's Studies, Sexuality Studies, History, Asian and Southeast Asian History
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

An interdisciplinary look at gender and sexuality in contemporary South Korea

Mediating the South Korean Other

Representations and Discourses of Difference in the Post/Neocolonial Nation-State

Edited by David C. Oh
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

Offers a new framework for understanding ethnic and racial difference in Korea

Korean Families Yesterday and Today

By Hyunjoon Park & Hyeyoung Woo
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Sociology
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

Twelve chapters, portraying diverse aspects of the contemporary Korean families and showing how they have come to have their current shapes

Rediscovering Korean Cinema

By Sangjoon Lee
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Media Studies, Cinema Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

The first comprehensive volume examining the state, stakes, and future direction of Korean cinema studies.
 

Revisiting Minjung

New Perspectives on the Cultural History of 1980s South Korea

By Sunyoung Park
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, History, Asian and Southeast Asian History
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

Foremost scholars of 1980s South Korea bring new perspectives on this pivotal period, expanding the horizons of Korean cultural studies by reassessing old conventions and adding new narratives

Entrepreneurial Seoulite

Culture and Subjectivity in Hongdae, Seoul

By Mihye Cho
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

A lucid narration of post-financial crisis urbanism in Seoul and the vivid experiences of living through the city in transition

Cultures of Yusin

South Korea in the 1970s

By Youngju Ryu
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, History, Asian and Southeast Asian History
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

A broad range of scholars explores the many avenues of cultural production during the Yusin period, casting new light on how it challenged and conformed to the ambitions of the state power

Transgression in Korea

Beyond Resistance and Control

By Juhn Young Ahn
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Literary Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

Challenges our understanding of transgression— its causes, goals, and motives— across a comprehensive reading of South Korean media

Smartland Korea

Mobile Communication, Culture, and Society

By Dal Yong Jin
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Media Studies, New Media, Cultural Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

An engaging and comprehensive look at the Korean smartphone industry and culture

Hallyu 2.0

The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media

By Sangjoon Lee & Abé Markus Nornes
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, Media Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

The first scholarly volume to investigate the impact of social media and other communication technologies on the global dissemination of the Korean Wave

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