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Author:   Alison Peirse ,  Daniel Martin
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.529kg
ISBN:  

9780748643103

ISBN 10:   0748643109
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   14 March 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Foreword, Julian Stringer; Contributors; Introduction, Alison Peirse and Daniel Martin; Part I: Classic Korean Horror, 1. Family, Death and the Wonhon in Three Films of the 1960s, Hyangjin Lee; 2. Creepy Liver-Eating Fox Ladies: The Thousand Year Old Fox and Korea's Gumiho, Alison Peirse and James Byrne; 3. War Horror and Anti-Communism: From Piagol to Rainy Days, Mark Morris; 4. Mother's Grudge and Woman's Wail: The Monster-Mother and Korean Horror Film, Eunha Oh; Part II: Contemporary 'Domestic' Horror, 5. Heritage of Horrors: Reclaiming the Female Ghost in Shadows in the Palace, Yun Mi Hwang; 6. From Acacia to Uninvited: Adoption Anxiety in Korean Horror Cinema, Hye Seung Chung; 7. Apartment Horror: Sorum and Possessed, Nikki J. Y. Lee; 8. The Face(s) of Korean Horror Film: Toward a Cinematic Physiognomy of Affective Extremes, David Scott Diffrient; 9. Death Bell and High School Horror, Chi-Yun Shin; Part III: Contemporary 'International' Horror, 10. Between the Local and the Global: 'Asian Horror' in Ahn Byung-ki's Phone and Bunshinsaba, Daniel Martin; 11. Diary of a Lost Girl: Victoriana, Intertextuality and A Tale of Two Sisters, Robert L. Cagle, 12.From A Tale of Two Sisters to The Uninvited: A Tale of Two Texts, Leung Wing-Fai, 13.Oldboy goes to Bollywood: Zinda and the Transnational Appropriation of South Korean 'Extreme' Cinema, Iain Robert Smith; 14. Park Chan-wook's Thirst: Passion, Guilt and Exsanguination, Kyu Hyun Kim; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

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Throughout the book, the reader is introduced to a substantial history of Korean horror cinema and even readers with no knowledge of Korean films and culture will find the book useful. However, scholars and students in the field of Korean Film Studies will find the book essential. It is clearly arranged, accessible, well written and, most of all, its descriptions of Korean horror films are as fascinating as the chilling horror films that captivate us. -- Eunju Baehrisch, ast Asian Journal of Popular Culture

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Dr Peirse is a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Northumbria. Dr Martin is a Lecturer in Film Studies at Queen's University Belfast.

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