Conclusion. K-hallyu: The Commodity Speaks in Kang Chul-woo’s Romantic Island, Bae Yong-joon’s A Journey in Search of Korea’s Beauty, So Ji-sub’s Road, and Choi Ji-woo’s if

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Distracted Attractions 1
5. PART I . INTIMACY
6. 1. Feeling Together: Pornography and Travel in Kazoku Cinema and Asako in Ruby Shoes 31
7. 2. Affective Sites: Hur Jin-ho’s April Snow and One Fine Spring Day 59
8. PART II. AMITY
9. 3. Provisional Feelings: The Making of Musa 89
10. 4. Affective Palimpsests: Sudden Showers from Hwang Sun-wŏn’s “Sonagi” to Kwak Jae-yong and Andrew Lau’s Daisy 112
11. PART III. REMEMBRANCE
12. 5. Postmemory DMZ: Joint Security Area, Yesterday, and 2009: Lost Memories 143
13. 6. Transient Monuments: Commemorating and Memorializing in Taegukgi Korean War Film Tourism 166
14. Conclusion. K-hallyu: The Commodity Speaks in Kang Chul-woo’s Romantic Island, Bae Yong-joon’s A Journey in Search of Korea’s Beauty, So Ji-sub’s Road, and Choi Ji-woo’s if 197
15. Notes 205
16. Bibliography 229
17. Index 241