Diversity on the Korean Screen

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-31923-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia

This volume examines the representation of marginalized groups on the Korean screen to offer an academic exploration of the growing themes of diversity and intersectionality in audiovisual formats of South Korea’s media industry.

Exploring representation of aging women, queer individuals, adoptees, and individuals with neurodivergence, the book presents comprehensive narratives of these underrepresented communities in South Korean society.

This book will interest students and scholars specializing in media studies, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, film studies, Korean studies, and Asian American studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahn, Yonson

Jin, Dal Yong

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Gender and the Rearticulation of Narrative in Korean Screen Media Part 1: Gender on the Korean Screen 1. Representing South Korean Older Female (Micro)celebrities on YouTube; 2. At the Juncture of Ageism and Sexism: Reconfiguring Elderly Women in Korean Screen Culture; 3. The Representation of Women: Examining Images of Mother Figures and the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Contemporary South Korean Films and Series in Terms of Expectations and Pressure in Education; 4. Age, Gender and Successful Second Innings: Reimagining Life Templates of Ageing Women through Korean Dramas; 5. Profitable Wounds: Gendered Representation as the Re-commodification of Adoptee-ness in Korean Drama Part 2: Evolving Narratives and Representation on the Korean Screen 6. Evolving Narratives and Diversity in K-pop Girl Groups: A Three-Decade Analysis of Keywords in Song Lyrics and Thematic Emphasis in Music Videos; 7. Mental Illness and Neurodivergence in the Contemporary K-Drama Romance: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020), Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), and Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023); 8. Re-membering Marginalized Post-War Narratives: Virtual Reality in Contemporary Korean Art; 9. Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Journey of Filipino Extras in Hallyuwood; 10. Queer Korean American Films: Mutability and Misbehaving in the Work of Andrew Ahn and Eric Cho; Afterword: Toward a Postcolonial Korean Screen Studies; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yonson Ahn is a Professor at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany.

Dal Yong Jin is a Distinguished Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.