1st Edition
The Korean War and Postmemory Generation Contemporary Korean Arts and Films
By Dong-Yeon Koh
Copyright 2021
244 Pages
65 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
65 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
65 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This pioneering volume navigates cultural memory of the Korean War through the lens of contemporary arts and film in South Korea for the last two decades.
Cultural memory of the Korean War has been a subject of persistent controversy in the forging of South Korean postwar national and ideological identity. Applying the theoretical notion of “postmemory,” this book examines the increasingly... Read more
1. "Late Photography" and Cold War Memories 2. The Rise of DMZ Ecotourism and the Real DMZ Project 3. Documentaries on Family Tragedy: My Father’s Emails and Dear Pyongyang 4. Affective Memory: Sounds and Smells of the Korean War 5. Monuments, Memorials and Museums for War Veterans in South Korea
Biography
Dong-Yeon Koh is an art critic and independent art historian currently serving on the Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival Committee. She is an adjunct lecturer at Seoul National University.
"Dong Yeon Koh’s monograph explores the polemical issues of memory, post-memory and trauma from the Korea War to the present in South Korea. With the diverse theoretical framework of post-memory, Koh analyzes documentary photography, Korean films and moving images by contemporary Korea artists who are often distant from the historical events and tragedies and have no direct experiences of them. It is essential reading for understanding post-war Korean history, visual art and culture."- Yeon Shim Chung (Professor of Art History and Theory, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea)
