UID:
almahu_9949890645802882
Format:
1 online resource (184 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520394384
Content:
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Celluloid Democracy tells the story of the Korean filmmakers, distributors, and exhibitors who reshaped cinema in radically empowering ways through the decades of authoritarian rule that followed Korea's liberation from Japanese occupation. Employing tactics that ranged from representing the dispossessed on the screen to redistributing state-controlled resources through bootlegging, these film workers explored ideas and practices that simultaneously challenged repressive rule and pushed the limits of the cinematic medium. Drawing on archival research, film analysis, and interviews, Hieyoon Kim examines how their work foregrounds a utopian vision of democracy where the ruled represent themselves and access resources free from state suppression. The first book to offer a history of film activism in post-1945 South Korea, Celluloid Democracy shows how Korean film workers during the Cold War reclaimed cinema as an ecology in which democratic discourses and practices could flourish.
Note:
Cover -- Subvention -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. To Democratize Cinema -- 2. In Search of Democracy -- 3. At the Margins of Freedom -- 4. Beyond the Marginalization of Women -- 5. Toward a New Cinema -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Kim, Hieyoon Celluloid Democracy Berkeley : University of California Press,c2023 ISBN 9780520394377
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
