Books in the Perspectives on Contemporary Korea series

Examines the turbulent period of South Korea's Fourth Republic (1972-79), beginning with its declaration by Park Chung Hee and ending with his assassination. This volume brings together a wide range of scholars to explore the rich and varied cultural production of the Yusin period, especially in its relationship to state power.

Experts in 1980s Korean history, literature, film, art, and music provide new insights into one of the most crucial decades in South Korean history in this volume. The book demonstrates how an era that is often associated with radical politics was, in effect, the catalyst for the flourishing of democratic and liberal values in South Korea.

Portrays diverse aspects of contemporary Korean families and, by explicitly or implicitly situating contemporary families within a comparative historical perspective, reveals how the past of Korean families evolved into their current shapes.

This groundbreaking collection of thirty-five essays by a wide range of academic specialists situates current scholarship on Korean cinema within the ongoing theoretical debates in contemporary global film studies.

Since the 1990s Seoul has sought to recreate itself from a mega city to a global city, equipped with cutting-edge knowledge industries and infrastructures. By juxtaposing the cultural turn and cultural/creative city-making, this book interrogates the formation of new citizen subjectivity, namely the enterprising self, in post-Fordist Seoul.