{"product_id":"virtual-hallyu-9780822350880","title":"Virtual Hallyu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA textual account of the hallyu (Korean wave) films popular internationally, especially in Asia, from the late 1990s until 200708.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A highly informative and imaginative account of the multifaceted powers of virtuality that make up the unique phenomenon of Korean cinema in the early twenty-first century.”—\u003cb\u003eRey Chow\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Coming close on the heels of \u003ci\u003eThe Remasculinization of Korean Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, his seminal analysis of the psychic and political foundations of the New Korean Cinema of the 1990s, Kyung Hyun Kim has now produced the essential text on hallyu, the phase of Korean cinema and related forms of popular culture that became a global sensation in the first decade of the new millennium. Bringing key Deleuzian concepts into focus with sensitive and nuanced readings of international blockbusters, including \u003ci\u003eThe Host\u003c\/i\u003e (Bong Joon-ho) and \u003ci\u003eOldboy\u003c\/i\u003e (Park Chan-wook), as well as the work of notable art-cinema auteurs, Kim establishes himself as not just the most important Anglophone critic of South Korean cinema but a key figure in film and cultural studies generally.”—\u003cb\u003eDavid E. James\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A]n impressive work. The book is timely without being trite or merely fashionable and it contains a number of significant theoretical and local insights into the global present without being uselessly obscure to the general reader. Kim’s incisive close readings of widely known South Korean productions (\u003ci\u003eThe Host\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOld Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecret Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e, etc.), as well as the potential to discover new titles, make the book a pleasure to read and to revisit for those inside, outside, or in between Korean studies.” -- Travis Workman * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is a book that needs to be read by anyone who is interested in the field [of Korean Cinema].” -- John Finch * Asian Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\" . . . Kim's book is special in that every effort was exerted to select the most relevant topics and issues for readers in a comprehensive and sophisticated way. I would recommend this book because it is a well-written and detail-oriented account of Korean movies . . . As all chapters are very informative and engage in theoretical arguments that are not just descriptive, this book will be very useful to readers who really love Korean films or are film majors in graduate programs and would like to gain a comprehensive knowledge of Korean cinema.\"   -- Sang Yee Cheon * Korean Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ Martin Scorsese ix\u003cbr\u003e Preface xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Hallyu's Virtuality 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Virtual Landscapes: \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSopyonje\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power of Kangwon Province\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Host\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 23\u003cbr\u003e 2. Viral Colony: \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpring of Korean Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpitaph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 55\u003cbr\u003e 3. Virtual Dictatorship: \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe President's Barber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe President's Last Bang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 81\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMea Culpa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: Reading the North Korean as an Ethnic Other 101\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hong Sang-soo's Death, Eroticism, and Virtual Nationalism 123\u003cbr\u003e 6. Virtual Trauma: Lee Chang-dong's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOasis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecret Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e 7. Park Chan-wook's \"Unknowable\" \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOldboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e 8. The End of History, the Beginning of Historical Films Korea's New \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSagük\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e Notes 213\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 235\u003cbr\u003e Index 243","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406067507543,"sku":"9780822350880","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822350880.jpg?v=1730494415","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/virtual-hallyu-9780822350880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}