The Rise of K-Dramas

Essays on Korean Television and Its Global Consumption

Buch | Softcover

229 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7747-7 (ISBN)

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Korean dramas gained popularity across Asia in the late 1990s, and their global fandom continues to grow. Examining the cultural impact of K-drama and its fandom, this collection of essays focuses on the formation and transformation of identities in the context of regional and global dynamics and differing values and beliefs among social groups.

Korean dramas gained popularity across Asia in the late 1990s, and their global fandom continues to grow. Despite cultural differences, non-Asian audiences find "K-dramas" appealing. They range from historical melodrama and romantic comedy to action, horror, sci-fi and thriller.

Devotees pursue an immersive fandom, consuming Korean food, fashion and music, learning Korean to better understand their favorite shows, and travelling to Korea for firsthand experiences.

This collection of new essays focuses on the cultural impact of K-drama and its fandom, and on the transformation of identities in the context of regional and global dynamics. Contributors discuss such popular series as Boys over Flowers, My Love from the Star and Descendants of the Sun.

JaeYoon Park is an assistant professor of media communication at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. She has published articles in Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media and Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture. Ann-Gee Lee is an associate professor of English at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. Her research interests lie in women’s studies, covert rhetoric, civic discourse, and popular culture.

Table of Contents

Preface

JaeYoon Park

Introduction

JaeYoon Parkviii

Part 1. Fandom, Consumption and International Relations

Consuming K-Drama Cuisine: The Intersection of Fans,

Fandom and Food in the Search for a Real Korean Meal

Jennifer Rachel Dutch

Desiring Asian Masculinities Through Hallyu Tourism

Min Joo Lee

Korean Dramas as Chinese “She-Economy”

Ann-Gee Lee

Riding the Drama Waves: Reconsidering Korean Soft Power

and Clashing Nationalisms

Tony Tai-Ting Liu and Phyllis Wei-Lih Yeh

Part 2. Identity Formation, Transformation and Gender Relations

Gender, Aging and Disability in Dear My Friends (2016)

JaeYoon Park

A Postsecular Analysis of Two Ghost-Infested Dramas

Mary A. Sobhani

Portrayals of “Soft Beauty”: Analyzing South Korean

Soft Masculinities in Media and in Real Life

Sofia Murell

Part 3. Co-Production and Adaptation

Chinese-Korean TV Drama Co-Production: Representations

International Romance and the Potential of Multiculturalism

Elaine W. Chung

An Eastern Perspective on Western Dramas: A Korean Take

on American Television Dramas

Daniela Mazur, Melina Meimaridis and

Afonso de Albuquerque

The East Meets the Middle East: Cultural Proximity,

Audience Reception and Korean TV Adaptations

on Turkish Televisions

Yeşim Kaptan and Murat Tutucu

About the Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	appendices, notes, bibliographies, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-7747-6 / 1476677476
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7747-7 / 9781476677477
Zustand	Neuware