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As the two billion YouTube views for "Gangnam Style" would indicate, South Korean popular culture has begun to enjoy new prominence on the global stage. Yet, as this timely new study reveals, the nation's film industry has long been a hub for transnational exchange, producing movies that put a unique spin on familiar genres, while influencing world cinema from Hollywood to Bollywood. Movie Migrations is not only an introduction to one of the world's most vibrant national cinemas, but also a provocative call to reimagine the very concepts of "national cinemas" and "film genre." Challenging traditional critical assumptions that place Hollywood at the center of genre production, Hye Seung Chung and David Scott Diffrient bring South Korean cinema to the forefront of recent and ongoing debates about globalization and transnationalism. In each chapter they track a different way that South Korean filmmakers have adapted material from foreign sources, resulting in everything from the Manchurian Western to The Host's reinvention of the Godzilla mythos. Spanning a wide range of genres, the book introduces readers to classics from the 1950s and 1960s Golden Age of South Korean cinema, while offering fresh perspectives on recent favorites like Oldboy and Thirst. Perfect not only for fans of Korean film, but for anyone curious about media in an era of globalization, Movie Migrations will give readers a new appreciation for the creative act of cross-cultural adaptation.
Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: South Korean Cinema's Transnational Trajectories
Part I From Classical Hollywood to the Korean Golden Age: Cinephilia, Modernization, and Postcolonial Genre Flows
1 Toward a Strategic Korean Cinephilia: A Transnational DÉtournement of Hollywood Melodrama2 The Mamas and the Papas: Cross-Cultural Remakes, Literary Adaptations, and Cinematic "Parent" Texts3 The Nervous Laughter of Vanishing Fathers: Modernization Comedies of the 1960s4 Once upon a Time in Manchuria: Classic and Contemporary Korean Westerns
Part II From Cinematic Seoul to Global Hollywood: Cosmopolitanism, Empire, and Transnational Genre Flows
5 Reinventing the Historical Drama, De-Westernizing a French Classic: Genre, Gender, and the Transnational Imaginary in Untold Scandal6 From Gojira to Goemul: "Host" Cities and "Post" Histories in East Asian Monster Movies7 Extraordinarily Rendered: Oldboy, Transmedia Adaptation, and the US War on Terror8 A Thirst for Diversity: Trends in Korean "Multicultural Films," from Bandhobi to Where is Ronny?
Conclusion: Into "Spreadable" Spaces: Netflix, YouTube, and the Question of Cultural TranslatabilityNotesIndex
