Urban Landscapes and National Visions in Post-Millennial South Korean Cinema: From Seoul to Soul

This book explores South Korean cinema?s inimitable relationship with the urban landscape and identifies the ways in which Seoul is utilised as a celluloid canvas, national artefact and, above all else, a distinctive cultural backdrop. Using five di?erent approaches to urban space, from five distinctive and contrasting theoretical perspectives, Urban Landscapes in Post-Millennial South Korean Cinema investigates and seeks to understand why the cinematic representation, identity and presence of Seoul have been central to the preservation and recognition of the South Korean film industry as an independent, autonomous and nationally unique institution.Urban Landscapes and National Visions in Post-Millennial South Korean Cinema: From Seoul to Soul is written by Gemma Ballard and published by Palgrave Macmillan. ISBNs for Urban Landscapes and National Visions in Post-Millennial South Korean Cinema are 9783031297397, 3031297393 and the print ISBNs are 9783031297380, 3031297385.