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Contributors Eunsun Cho is a graduate student in the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. Her main interests are images of women in Korean cinema, the cinematic representation of Korean modernity, and the intercultural circulation of visual images and discourses. Cho Hae Joang has a Ph. D. from UCLA and is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Yonsei University in Seoul. She has written numerous books, and her recent publications include a three-volume study of postcolonialism in South Korea, T'al Sikminji Sidea-eu Keul Ilkgi-wha Salm Ilkgi {Reading Text and Reading Life in a Post-Colonial Age), (Seoul: Ddo Hana-eu Munwha Publishers, 1992 and 1994). Chungmoo Choi is director of Critical Theory Emphasis and associate professor at the University of California, Irvine. She teaches critical theory, cultural studies, and Korean culture and literature. She writes about postcoloniality and feminist issues in Korea. Her book Frost in May: Decolonization and Culture in Korea is forthcoming from Duke University Press. With Elaine H. Kim, she coedited Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism (New York: Routledge, 1998) and also the catalogue for the exhibition "Post-Colonial Classics of Korean Cinema." 279 28O CONTRIBUTORS Mison Hahn teaches Korean language in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of California, Irvine. David E. James teaches in the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. His most recent book is Power Misses: Essays Across (Un)Popular Culture (London: Verso Books, 1996). Kyung Hyun Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Irvine. He is currently writing a book on Korean cinema and masculinity. He has also curated film exhibitions at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the UCI Film and Video Center, the Korean Cultural Center at Los Angeles, and the Korean American Museum. Han Ju Kwak is a graduate student at the School of Cinema-Television, University of Southern California. His main interest is cinematic representation in a sociohistorical context, particularly in contemporary Korea. He edited a book on cult film and co-translated Francois Truffaut's Hitchcock into Korean. Julian Stringer lectures in the Institute of Film Studies at the University of Nottingham, England, and sits on the editorial board of Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies. He is currently working on a study of the cultural politics of international film festivals. Ti Hyoin lectures on film theory and Korean film history at several universities in Korea, including Kyung Hee University. His publications include Hanguk yonghwa yoksa kangui 1 {Korean Film History Lectures) (Seoul: Yiron kwa silch'on, 1992) and Tonghwa mihak kwa pip'yong ipmun (Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Criticism) (Seoul: Hanyang University Press, 1999). He also writes film reviews for Hangyoreh, a progressive daily in Korea. Tuhji-Teon is an assistant professor of history at Northwestern University. Her research interests include Asian migration and diaspora. She is currently revising a manuscript about Korean military brides in the United States and working on a comparative study of Korean immigrants in China, Japan, and the United States. ...

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