Claiming Sites of Independence
Articulating Hysteria in Pak Ch'ol-su's 301/302
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12424504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Kee (0000-0001-8625-8544, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 449-466 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | positions asia critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-9847 • E-ISSN: 1527-8271 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/10679847-9-2-449 |
| OpenAlex | W2094246367 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The first fifteen minutes of Pak Ch’ŏl-su’s 301/302 (1995) is a veritable melange of stylized poses, lush surroundings, and glances ranging from coy to sullen.Amid an endless sequence of aluminumcountertops and twinkling halogen track lights, the resident of apartment 301 (Pang Un-jin) practices to make her cooking a fine art. Her stylish short hair, fashionable attire, and wary glances, calculated more to penetrate than to seduce, combine to generate an image that is more icon than individual, more unattainable than accessible. Although she is clearly alone, there is no sense that she is lonely. Mirroring this representation is the depiction of her neighbor, the resident of apartment 302 (Hwang Sin-hye), who appears in a succession of momentary close-ups. Against a set of blond wood furniture and harsh daylight reflecting off a profusion of shiny surfaces, she is, in contrast, all urban sophisticate, always attired in black. Like her neighbor, 302 is a singular being, not desolate or abandoned, but elusive and mysterious
Hysteria · Independence (probability theory · Psychoanalysis · Statistics · Chinese history and philosophy · Japanese History and Culture · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |