Political Moods

Film Melodrama and the Cold War in the Two Koreas

Travis Workman

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University of California Press
26 July 2024

Films, movies & cinema

Series: Global Korea

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Melodrama films dominated the North and South Korean industries in the period between liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945 and the hardening of dictatorship in the 1970s. The films of each industry are often read as direct reflections of Cold War and Korean War political ideologies and national historical experiences, and therefore as aesthetically and politically opposed to each other. However, Political Moods develops a comparative analysis across the Cold War divide, analyzing how films in both North and South Korea convey political and moral ideas through the sentimentality of the melodramatic mode. Travis Workman reveals that the melancholic moods of film melodrama express the somatic and social conflicts between political ideologies and excesses of affect, meaning, and historical references. These moods dramatize the tension between the language of Cold War politics and the negative affects that connect cinema to what it cannot fully represent. The result is a new way of historicizing the cinema of the two Koreas in relation to colonialism, postcolonialism, war, and nation building.

By: Travis Workman
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780520417380
ISBN 10: 0520417380
Series: Global Korea
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 26 July 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Travis Workman is Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Reviews for Political Moods: Film Melodrama and the Cold War in the Two Koreas

“As Workman argues, melodrama signifies transnationality, with traces evident in both Koreas’ cinemas, thus serving as a cinematic bridge between them. In this way, he highlights more similarities between selected films from both sides rather than emphasizing differences.” * Seoul Journal of Korean Studies *