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
▣ 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
At the end of the 19th century the USA received it's first refugees from Korea, three pro-Japanese activists seeking exile after an unsuccessful attempt to over throw the government. They were followed by 64 students between 1890 and 1905 to receive further education in the USA. Between 1902 and 1905, 7,000 Korean immigrants arrived in Hawaii. From 1903 to 1905, 65 ships carrying 7,226 Koreans,
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