{"product_id":"sovereign-violence-ethics-and-south-korean-cinema-in-the-new-millennium-9789089646385","title":"Sovereign Violence: Ethics and South Korean","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Korea is home to one of the most vibrant film industries in the world today, producing movies for a strong domestic market that are also drawing the attention of audiences worldwide. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of some of the most well-known and incendiary South Korean films of the millennial decade from nine major directors. Building his analysis on contemporary film theory and philosophy, as well as interviews and other primary sources, Steve Choe makes a case that these often violent films pose urgent ethical dilemmas central to life in the age of neoliberal globalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Peppermint Candy (1999), Lee Chang-dong \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: Unredeemable Images\u003cbr\u003e Bad Guy (2001), Kim Ki-duk; Address Unknown (2001), Kim Ki-duk; Capitalist Manifesto (2003), Gok Kim and Sun Kim \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Love Your Enemies\u003cbr\u003e JSA (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), and Oldboy (2003), Park Chan-wook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: Male Repetitions\u003cbr\u003e Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), Woman is the Future of Man (2004), and The Day He Arrives (2011), Hong Sang-soo \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: The Face and Hospitality\u003cbr\u003e N.E.P.A.L.: Never Ending Peace and Love (2003), Park Chan-wook; Time (2006) and 3-Iron (2004), Kim Ki-duk \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: Aporias of Forgiveness\u003cbr\u003e Secret Sunshine (2007), Lee Chang-dong; Lady Vengeance (2005), Park Chan-wook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six: Compromises of Cinema\u003cbr\u003e Memories of Murder (2003), Bong Joon-ho; Thirst (2009) and I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok (2006), Park Chan-wook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven: Aftershocks of the Korean Wave\u003cbr\u003e Poetry (2010), Lee Chang-dong; I Saw the Devil (2010), Kim Ji-woon; The Housemaid (2010), Im Sang-soo","brand":"Amsterdam University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473177022807,"sku":"9789089646385","price":121.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789089646385.jpg?v=1744905611","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sovereign-violence-ethics-and-south-korean-cinema-in-the-new-millennium-9789089646385","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}