
<ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young>
Edited by Chung-kang Kim
The first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young and his films in English
Published April 2023 (Hardback) EDINBURGH University Press
Introduction: Kim Ki-young, The First Global South Korean Auteur - Chung-kang Kim
Part 1: Beyond the Border: Transnational/Hybridity/Border-Crossing
1. Kim Ki-young at the Intersection of Cold War Alliance, Reconstruction, and the Artistic Impulse - Han Sang Kim
2. ‘We Shall All Need That Basket/A-Frame Carrier’ A Comparative Analysis of Goryeojang (1963) and Ballad of Narayama (1958/1983) - Kyu Hyun Kim
3. Love Thy Enemy: Kim Ki-young’s exploration of Korean-Japanese romance in The Sea Knows (1961) - Russell Edwards
Part 2: Beyond the Norm: Psychology, Biopolitics, and Sexuality
4. Refiguring The Housemaid (1960)’s Singularity: from Dualism to Triadism Based on the Lacanian Perspective - Sohyoun Kim
5. Men, Women, and the Electric Household: Kim Ki-young’s Housemaid Films - Steve Choe
6. To Speak and To Be Spoken For: Deafness, Stuttering and the Women in the Films of Kim Ki-young - Ariel Schudson
Part 3: Becoming an (Global) Auteur
7. The Intersection of Authorship and Film Regulation During the Period of Military Rule: An Analysis of Kim Ki-young’s National Policy Films, Soil (1978) and Water Lady (1979) - Molly Kim
8. Rediscovering Kim Ki-young: The Rise of the South Korean Auteur on the Film Festival Circuit - Jason Bechevaise
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