East Asian Popular Culture: From Seoul to Soul

Ballard, Gemma

This book explores South Korean cinema’s inimitable relationship with the urban landscape and identifies the ways in which Seoul is utilised as a celluloid canvas, national artefact and, above all else, a distinctive cultural backdrop. Using five different approaches to urban space, from five distinctive and contrasting theoretical perspectives, Urban Landscapes in Post-Millennial South Korean Cinema investigates and seeks to understand why the cinematic representation, identity and presence of Seoul have been central to the preservation and recognition of the South Korean film industry as an independent, autonomous and nationally unique institution.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-05-12

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031297410

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29739-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 173