Review: Revisiting Minjung, New Perspectives on the Cultural History of 1980s South Korea, edited by Sunyoung Park

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https://doi.org/10.33178/aigne.vol11.b9

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Luke O'Brien reviews Revisiting Minjung: New Perspectives on the Cultural History of 1980s South Korea, edited by Sunyoung Park. University of Michigan Press, 2019. 311 pp. $34.95 (ISBN 9780472074129 (Paperback) | doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10027900)

 

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  • Luke O'Brien, Dundalk Institute of Technology

     Postgraduate researcher at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), Ireland. His PhD thesis, ‘Violent Modernity: Investigating the Cultural Specificity of Violence in South Korean Cinema (1960-2020)’, presents an interdisciplinary reading of South Korean film through notable trilogy films directed by Kim Ki-young, Park Chan-wook and Yeon Sang-ho and considers lessons from historical and cultural studies, socio-economics, literary criticism and advanced film theory. His article, ‘A Timely Tragedy: Deviant Women and Cultural Dissonance in Kim Ki-young’s The Housemaid’ was featured in Aigne, vol. 10 (2024), pp. 85–102. doi: https://doi.org/10.33178/aigne.vol10.5.

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2026-02-12

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Vol. 11 (2025): Response: Reflection and Action

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Book Reviews

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