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South Korean Cinema, aka K-Cinema: What’s in a Name?

Hybrid Event
November 8: 1:00 pm

What does South Korea’s vibrant cinema have to say about our understanding of society and the human subject? Hyon Joo Yoo will unpack how South Korean cinema, as an aesthetic response to conditions in South Korea and beyond, reflects upon the universal human subject in the era of global capitalism.

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About the Presenter

Hyon Joo Yoo wears brown glassis and a light blue/green scarf in a white room with tan curtains.

Hyon Joo Yoo is Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Vermont. Her research and teaching areas include East Asian Cinema, Postcolonial Studies, Psychoanalysis, and Gender Studies.

 

 

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Details

Date:
November 8
Time:
1:00 pm
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Organizer

Vermont Humanities
Phone
(802) 262-2626

Venue

Ilsley Public Library
75 Main St
Middlebury, VT 05753 United States + Google Map
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