South Korean Golden Age Melodrama: Gender, Genre, and National Cinema

Book Overview

Examining the theoretical, historical, and contemporary impact of South Korea's Golden Age of cinema.

Immediately following the Korean War, South Korea's film industry flourished with vibrant local production of high-quality films. Characterized by its stunning melodramas, this "Golden Age" of South Korean cinema produced a body of work as historically, aesthetically, and politically significant as that of other well-known national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332536
• ISBN13: 9780814332535
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"