@article{ART001473558},
author={Terence McSweeney},
title={‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006)},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2010},
volume={20},
pages={279-294},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279}
TY - JOUR
AU - Terence McSweeney
TI - ‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006)
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2010
VL - 20
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 279
EP - 294
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This article examines Bong Joon-ho’s science fiction/horror film, The Host (2006) and interrogates its depiction of a contemporary South Korean family in crisis. The writer considers the film as a resonant cultural artefact and a manifestation of particularly new-millennial anxieties concerned with the continued involvement of the United States in South Korean affairs, fears of an erosion of traditional family values and mistrust of officious, state endorsed bureaucracy. The Host emerges as a profoundly visceral depiction of an ordinary family set against everyone with no one to turn to except each other.
KW - horror;science fiction;representation;monster;South Korea;United States;Imperialism;identity
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
ER -
Terence McSweeney. (2010). ‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006). Cross-Cultural Studies, 20, 279-294.
Terence McSweeney. 2010, "‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006)", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.20, pp.279-294. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
Terence McSweeney "‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006)" Cross-Cultural Studies 20 pp.279-294 (2010) : 279.
Terence McSweeney. ‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006). 2010; 20 279-294. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
Terence McSweeney. "‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006)" Cross-Cultural Studies 20(2010) : 279-294.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
Terence McSweeney. ‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006). Cross-Cultural Studies, 20, 279-294. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
Terence McSweeney. ‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006). Cross-Cultural Studies. 2010; 20 279-294. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
Terence McSweeney. ‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006). 2010; 20 279-294. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
Terence McSweeney. "‘Nobody helps the family.’ South Korean Cultural Identity in Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006)" Cross-Cultural Studies 20(2010) : 279-294.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..279
