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@article{ART001909077},
author={Chanchul Jung},
title={Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War},
journal={The Journal of Northeast Asia Research},
issn={2005-4432},
year={2014},
volume={29},
number={1},
pages={175-201},
doi={10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006}

TY - JOUR
AU - Chanchul Jung
TI - Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War
JO - The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
PY - 2014
VL - 29
IS - 1
PB - The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
SP - 175
EP - 201
SN - 2005-4432
AB - During the Korean War,1950-1953, Hollywood made about thirty-two feature films, most of which were co-produced with the Department of Defense. The image of American soldiers during the Korean War, as many historians claim, was both part of that of the American soldiers in the World War II and somewhat different. Agony, sorrow, discouragement, and fear formed their war experience in the distant country of Korea. These images were captured by war correspondents such as David Douglas Duncan and effected not only the ways in which the public were to see the war, but also how the Truman administration managed the war. The previous studies on Hollywood’s Korean war movies have focused particularly on these questions: why such different images appeared, how the U.S government responded to them, and how these images changed during the course of the war. But, little attention has been paid to from which these negative images came originally and how Hollywood’s Korean war movies tried to bring it back to the heroic image of the American soldier during World War II. By analyzing two Hollywood’s Korean War films, The Steel Helmet and Battle Circus, this paper will show how and why the image of the American G.I as victims was put into Hollywood’s Korean war movies that were made during the Korean war and how it was recovered to its original status in the history of American G.I., the comeback hero.
KW - Hollywood;the Korean War;Korea War Movies;the American G.I;Representation
DO - 10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006
ER -

Chanchul Jung. (2014). Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 29(1), 175-201.

Chanchul Jung. 2014, "Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War", The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, vol.29, no.1 pp.175-201. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006

Chanchul Jung "Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 29.1 pp.175-201 (2014) : 175.

Chanchul Jung. Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War. 2014; 29(1), 175-201. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006

Chanchul Jung. "Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 29, no.1 (2014) : 175-201.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006

Chanchul Jung. Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 29(1), 175-201. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006

Chanchul Jung. Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research. 2014; 29(1) 175-201. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006

Chanchul Jung. Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War. 2014; 29(1), 175-201. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006

Chanchul Jung. "Hollywood’s Representations of the American GI in the Korean War" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 29, no.1 (2014) : 175-201.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2014.29.1.006