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Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption : Yonsama,Rain ,Oldboy, K-Pop Idols

Author :  Sun Jung

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Country
Hong Kong
Publisher
Hong Kong Univeristy Press, Hong Kong
ISBN 9789888028672
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2011
Bib. Info 232 p.; 6x9
Categories 21st Century / Cultural Studies, Gender Studies / Japan and Korea
Product Weight 445 gms.
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South Korean masculinities have enjoyed dramatically greater influence in recent years in many realms of pan-Asian popular culture, which travels freely in part because of its hybrid trans-nationalistic appeal. This book investigates transcultural consumption of three iconic figures — the middle-aged Japanese female fandom of actor Bae Yong-Joon, the Western online cult fandom of the thriller film Oldboy, and the Singaporean fandom of the pop-star Rain. Through these three specific but hybrid contexts, the author develops the concepts of soft masculinity, as well as global and postmodern variants of masculine cultural impacts. In the concluding chapter, the author also discusses recently emerging versatile masculinity within the transcultural pop production paradigm represented by K-pop idol boy bands.

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