Eclipsed Cinema: The Film Culture of Colonial Korea

In this ground-breaking investigation into the seldom-studied film culture of colonial Korea (1910-1945), Dong Hoon Kim brings new perspectives to the associations between colonialism, modernity, film historiography and national cinema. By reconstructing the lost intricacies of colonial film history, Eclipsed Cinema explores under-investigated aspects of colonial film culture, such as the representational politics of colonial cinema, the film unit of the colonial government, the social reception of Hollywood cinema, and Japanese settlers' film culture. Filling a significant void in Asian film history, Eclipsed Cinema greatly expands the critical and historical scopes of early cinema and Korean and Japanese film histories, as well as modern Asian culture, and colonial and postcolonial studies.

Author: Dong Hoon Kim
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 08/10/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781474437547
ISBN10: 1474437540
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- History | Asia | Korea
- Performing Arts | Film | Direction & Production

About the Author

Dong Hoon Kim is Assistant Professor in East Asian Languages and Literatures and a member of the committee on Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon.