▣ Overview
The number of Korean emigration doubled in 1980s and a lot of them settled in USA. Even though they started to live in the US, the Korean atmosphere affected by Confucianism still existed within the household. Korean housewives living in the US had been watching Korean soap opera still, gathering at home, and renting out the video tape from the shop. These wives' soap opera viewing
Drinking culture in Korea
Koreans, like their neighbours across the water in Japan, like a drink and a good time. The Japanese consume 70 litres of beer per person compared with 40 litres per capita in South Korea. Drinking has always enabled Koreans to cut loose from the rather stiff constraints of their hierarchical Confucian culture and a few drinks and a singalong are a big part of modern Ko
Korean cinema: ended with Na’s death in 1937
- Filmmakers, Actors flew to Shanghai: Jin Yan(김염), Heo Young(Dr.Hu Yung)
Controversial Issues in Korean Silent Films
- Public awareness of drastic social changes
- Shinpa melodrama: female characters abandoning Confucian ideology and values
crucial impact and long-time influence on Korean films and Television
- Male el
Hierarchical culture
Damaging individual
It makes discrimination in each person’s rights.
Ideal hierarchical culture
Give the task each person has to do.
Society will be good
In reality
The owner keeps the contractor down
Subordinate one’s own character
(중략)
Modern Korean society: surrounded by far much information than before
Human cognitive ability: almost co
1. The peculiarities of food
Unlike western and Chinese foods, which have ambiguous distinctions between main and side dishes, rice made from rice, barley, and shellfish is used as a main dish and side dish made from vegetables, sea cucumbers, fish, and beans. As a result, there are many signs of corrosion. Due to the high production volume of grains, they were used for noodles, porridge, rice c