Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction. Hallyu’s Virtuality 1
6. One. Virtual Landscapes 23
7. Two. Viral Colony 55
8. Three. Virtual Dictatorship 81
9. Four. Mea Culpa 101
10. Five. Hong Sang- soo’s Death, Eroticism, and Virtual Nationalism 123
11. Six. Virtual Trauma 151
12. Seven. Park Chan- wook’s “Unknowable” Oldboy 178
13. Eight. The End of History, the Historical Films’ Beginning 200
14. Notes 213
15. Bibliography 235
16. Index 243