Storming the big screen: the SHIRI syndrome

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SHIN, Chi Yun and STRINGER, Julian (2007). Storming the big screen: the SHIRI syndrome. In: GATEWARD, Frances, (ed.) Seoul Searching: Culture and Identity in Contemporary Korean Cinema. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 55-72. [Book Section]

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This book chapter offers an in-depth analysis of the first South Korean blockbuster film SHIRI (dir. Kang Je-kyu, 1999) and the surrounding debates - the SHIRI syndrome, which is a highly evocative term that suggest the film's engagement with the important social and political issues and the significance and power of audio-visual blockbuster culture in contemporary South Korea.

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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:

Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre

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55-72

ISBN:

9780791472262

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