Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: South Korean Cinema’S Transnational Trajectories 1
5. Part I. From Classical Hollywood To The Korean Golden Age: Cinephilia, Modernization, And Postcolonial Genre Flows
6. 1. Toward A Strategic Korean Cinephilia: A Transnational Détournement Of Hollywood Melodrama 19
7. 2. The Mamas And The Papas: Cross-Cultural Remakes, Literary Adaptations, And Cinematic “Parent” Texts 44
8. 3. The Nervous Laughter Of Vanishing Fathers: Modernization Comedies Of The 1960S 70
9. 4. Once Upon A Time In Manchuria: Classic And Contemporary Korean Westerns 96
10. Part II. From Cinematic Seoul To Global Hollywood: Cosmopolitanism, Empire, And Transnational Genre Flows
11. 5. Reinventing The Historical Drama, De-Westernizing A French Classic: Genre, Gender, And The Transnational Imaginary In Untold Scandal 125
12. 6. From Gojira To Goemul: “Host” Cities And “Post” Histories In East Asian Monster Movies 148
13. 7. Extraordinarily Rendered: Oldboy, Transmedia Adaptation, And The Us War On Terror 177
14. 8. A Thirst For Diversity: Recent Trends In Korean “Multicultural Films,” From Bandhobi To Where Is Ronny? 208
15. Conclusion: Into “Spreadable” Spaces: Netflix, Youtube, And The Question Of Cultural Translatability 240
16. Notes 255
17. Index 279
18. About The Authors 293