From the publisher’s website: Concurrent with the growing body of scholarship on South Korean cinema, Directory of World Cinema: South Korea offers an accessible overview of South Korea’s film industry. In addition to the action and horror films usually considered in studies of South Korean cinema, this volume also examines genres that have traditionally lacked critical attention, … [Read More]
Archives: Books (page 92)
Korea’s Occupied Cinemas, 1893-1948: The Untold History of the Film Industry
From the publisher’s website: Korea’s Occupied Cinemas, 1893-1948 compares and contrasts the development of cinema in Korea during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945) and US Army Military (1945-1948) periods within the larger context of cinemas in occupied territories. It differs from previous studies by drawing links between the arrival in Korea of modern technology and ideas, and … [Read More]
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories
This eclectic, moving and richly enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea’s dramatic recent past, from the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating war between north and south and the rapid, disorienting urbanization of later decades, The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories captures a hundred years of vivid storytelling. … [Read More]
P’ungsu: A Study of Geomancy in Korea
From the publisher’s website: The first scholarly book to address Korean geomancy through an interdisciplinary lens. This book is a milestone in the history of academic research on the development and role of geomancy (fengshui in Chinese and p’ungsu in Korean) in Korean culture and society. As the first interdisciplinary work of its kind, it … [Read More]
Korean Gardens: Tradition, Symbolism and Resilience
From the publisher’s website: Korean Gardens: Tradition, Symbolism and Resilience – The Western Gardeners’ Guide to the Essence of Korean Traditional Gardens Korean gardens strive to be in harmony with nature and to encourage the quiet contemplation of the natural world. They are intentionally humble in their conception and very different from Japanese and Chinese … [Read More]
Escape from Camp 14: One man’s remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West
Twenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about fifty-five miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a ‘complete control district,’ a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. No one born in Camp 14 or in any … [Read More]
Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai
From the publisher’s website: American business folklore is awash with the adventures of successful entrepreneurs. Still, most of these stories are about Americans, neglecting important and courageous entrepreneurs from other countries. Made in Korea recounts the story of how Chung Ju Yung rose from poverty to build one of the world’s largest and most successful … [Read More]
Samsung Electronics: and the Struggle for Leadership of the Electronics Industry
This book views Samsung Electronics in terms of corporate life cycle as well as product portfolio and strategy. It also examines the issues Samsung faces as it proceeds further into the 21st century. Written from the perspective of an experienced commentator on Korean and global business, this book presents not simply a narrative or an … [Read More]
Sony vs Samsung: The Inside Story of the Electronics Giants’ Battle For Global Supremacy
From the publisher’s website: “Sony vs. Samsung is business history at its best! It explores the divergent fortunes of these two electronics giants in the last decade and identifies the true reasons behind Sony’s decline and Samsung’s rise. Contrary to popular belief, Chang shows that success (or failure) does not simply arise from different strategies. Rather, … [Read More]
Samsung Rising: Inside the secretive company conquering Tech
From the publisher’s website: Based on years of reporting on Samsung for the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and Time from his base in South Korea, and his countless sources inside and outside the company, Geoffrey Cain offers the first deep look behind the curtains of the biggest company nobody knows. How has this happened? Forty years ago, Samsung was … [Read More]
Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung
From the publisher’s website: This study focuses on a single Korean “chaebol”, the business conglomerate which dominates the Korean economy. Hyundai, the largest chaebol, is examined in the context of Korean history, ancient and modern, and the Confucian value system that permeates all Korean life. [Read More]
Korea Betrayed: Kim Dae Jung and Sunshine
For the first time, using original sources and his own reporting going back to 1972 when he met Kim Dae Jung at his home in Seoul, Donald Kirk explores the great untold story of modern Korean history. This book recounts the rise of Kim Dae Jung from an oppressed region of Korea, beginning with his … [Read More]
Korean Crisis: Unraveling of the Miracle in the IMF Era
Donald Kirk explores the origins and effects of Korea’s economic crisis. He traces the events that constituted the crisis, including a series of scandals at the height of the Korean miracle; the efforts of President Kim Dae Jung to curb the overweening power of the chaebol, or conglomerates; and the outside intervention by the IMF and … [Read More]
Coexisting Differences: Women Artists in Contemporary Korean Art
From the publisher’s website: Korea become one of the most exuberant and productive centers in the world art scene. A number of artists are actively participating in the renowned international art fairs, and numerous cities in Korea are hosting world-wide art biennales. In the meantime, Korean art has demonstrated a fast and wide range of … [Read More]
Postmodern Art in Korea: From 1985 on
Postmodern Art in Korea: From 1985 on is written with a critical perspective on how postmodernism in Korean contemporary art has influenced the political and social environment. For reader’s accommodation, the book introduces Korean postmodern art as four fields—painting, sculpture/installation, photography, and video/moving image. In Korea, the discourse on postmodernism started in the late 1980s, … [Read More]
Korean Abstract Painting: A Formation of Korean Avant-Garde
Creations or new movements come from criticism of convention such as the movements of the US and Europe in modern painting after World War II. In the West, with their remarkable advancements of knowledge and technology, the two world wars began. The artists who experienced the war began the avant-garde movement. This art was different … [Read More]