GASA01H3 Lecture Notes - Taegukgi (Film), Korean Wave, Korean War
Document Summary
The new millennium or late stage of modernity: cinema, anime, biotechnology. Korean cinema: tae guk gi: brotherhood of war. Japanese anime: pokeman, global rise of japanese army men : mugokuseki(stateless) or nationless; cute culture products they focus on monsters. The age of mechanical reproduction: walter benjamin : essay ; in 1920-30: era characterized by mechanical reproduction. Technological reproduction: the introduction of phonographs in korea in the. 1890s( made and reproduced) and the new millennium: youtube( you are not bound to any time, in the past u would need to wiat to experience any form of media, then utube; much quicker, instantly get what is wanted. Print culture, movies and music were independent; go to the movies to watch movies but the new millennium the culture of convergence ( iphone; doing them together)- talk, email, watch movies, and do everything in one place. Nation based: animation; new aspect of consumption vs transnational: u can download on u r own time.
