South Korea in the 1950s was home to a burgeoning film culture, one of the many “Golden Age cinemas” that flourished in Asia during the postwar years. One of the most important filmmakers of the time was Han Hyung-Mo, director of the era’s most glamorous and popular women’s pictures including the blockbuster Madame Freedom (1956).

Christina Klein provides an illuminating analysis of Han's career and films with careful attention to key issues of modernity—such as feminism, cosmopolitanism, and consumerism.

 

Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), this program will be conducted virtually. This live session will be provided free of charge at the specified date and time. A limited number of viewing links will be provided to the people who sign up through the form below. Those unable to view the live session will have the opportunity to watch the recorded video or listen to the podcast soon after.

Cold War Cosmopolitan: Han Hyung-Mo & Korean Cinema of the 1950s
with
Christina Klein

Thursday, December 3, 2020 | 6 PM EST

The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Christina Klein is Associate Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Boston College. She is the author of Cold War Cosmopolitanism: Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema and Cold War Orientalism: Asia in the Middlebrow Imagination, 1945-1961.

 

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