03216nam 2200661 450 991082417340332120200520144314.00-8047-9347-610.1515/9780804793476(CKB)3710000000226827(EBL)1775732(OCoLC)923710635(SSID)ssj0001334985(PQKBManifestationID)12478252(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001334985(PQKBWorkID)11272270(PQKB)11268613(StDuBDS)EDZ0001132180(DE-B1597)564825(DE-B1597)9780804793476(Au-PeEL)EBL1775732(CaPaEBR)ebr10921928(OCoLC)1224278018(MiAaPQ)EBC1775732(EXLCZ)99371000000022682720140912h20152015 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrUnexpected alliances independent filmmakers, the state, and the film industry in post-authoritarian South Korea /Young-a ParkStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (222 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-8361-6 Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Note to Readers; Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1. Film Activism: Cinema as Politics; Chapter 2. Independent Film: Cultural Production under Post authoritarian Conditions; Chapter 3. Beating Titanic: Independent Filmmakers at the Helm of Cultural Nationalism; Chapter 4. Transforming Activist Culture: Women Filmmakers and New Filmic Spaces; Chapter 5. Film Festival Fever: The Circulation of Independent Films; Epilogue: New Cultural Spaces, New Sensibilities; Notes; Bibliography; Selected Filmography; IndexSince 1999, South Korean films have dominated roughly 40 to 60 percent of the Korean domestic box-office, matching or even surpassing Hollywood films in popularity. Why is this, and how did it come about? In Unexpected Alliances, Young-a Park seeks to answer these questions by exploring the cultural and institutional roots of the Korean film industry's phenomenal success in the context of Korea's political transition in the late 1990's and early 2000's. The book investigates the unprecedented interplay between independent filmmakers, the state, and the mainstream film industry underIndependent filmsPolitical aspectsKorea (South)Independent filmmakersKorea (South)Motion picture industryKorea (South)Politics and cultureKorea (South)Independent filmsPolitical aspectsIndependent filmmakersMotion picture industryPolitics and culture791.43095195LC 95445rvkPark Young-a1968-1668945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824173403321Unexpected alliances4029907UNINA