ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young
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film and gender
Kim Ki-young
South Korean cinema
transnational cinema
world cinema
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- ISBN 9781399512947
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Apr 2023
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young and his films in English
Offers an innovative critical analysis of Kim Ki-young's films from a range of fresh and nuanced perspectives
Introduces a significant South Korean film auteur within the history of global cinema whose work has been previously overlooked
Increases the understanding of modern South Korean history and culture through an analysis of the trajectory of Kim Ki-young's work
World-renowned South Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho, cite Kim Ki-young as being the greatest Korean influence on their work. During his thirty year career, Kim Ki-young produced thirty-three films and became revered by critics within the national and international community as one of the few South Korean 'auteurs'.
As the first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young in English, ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young covers his entire career and history of cinematic work, highlighting the thematic and stylistic singularity of Kim's oeuvre, which was produced relative to the specific historical and cultural conditions of post-war South Korea. It offers an innovative departure point from which to explore South Korean film relative to the wider history of world cinema, in addition to situating Kim's work within the broader fields of Korean modern history, transnational cinema and cultural studies.
Chung-kang Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Theater and Film at Hanyang University, South Korea. Her research considers the realms of Korean and East Asian cinema, cultural studies, gender, race, sexuality studies, and (trans)national visual culture. She is a co-author of Queer Korea (2020), Rediscovering Korean Cinema (2019), The Holy Nation: Gender and Sexuality in Law and Science (2017), and Orphans, People of No Heritage (2014). Her articles appear in various journals including Journal of the History of Sexuality, The Journal of Korean Studies, and The Journal of Literature and Film.
