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Modernization, Authoritarianism, and Space in Korean Shamanic Exorcism Cinema
Journal of Korean and Asian Arts / Journal of Korean and Asian Arts, (P)2733-6123; (E)2799-3426
2021, v.3, pp.7-30
https://doi.org/10.20976/KAA.2021.3.001
(Dongseo University)
Humpal,
T.
(2021). Modernization, Authoritarianism, and Space in Korean Shamanic Exorcism Cinema. Journal of Korean and Asian Arts, 3, 7-30, https://doi.org/10.20976/KAA.2021.3.001
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Abstract
This paper examines how space is used in Korean exorcism cinema to expose spatial and temporal anxieties. These spaces reflect developmental ideologies that place rurality in opposition to modernization. Recent religious scandals involving shamanism and syncretism have reignited similar representational models in contemporary exorcism cinema. By analyzing spatial constructs based around the dichotomies of traditional/modern, urban/rural, and masculine/feminine, I suggest that the recent trend of religious orthodoxy in Korean exorcism cinema is an extension of authoritarian and nationalist tropes. As such, rurality as a traditional and gendered space represents contradictory aspects at the heart of how national identity is constructed and expressed spatially.
- keywords
- shamanism, cinema, exorcism, space, rural, modernization, musok (Korean shamanism), authoritarianism, orthodoxy, religion
- Submission Date
- 2021-10-13
- Revised Date
- Accepted Date
- 2021-11-24
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