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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464697603321

Autore

Jung Sun <1972->

Titolo

Korean masculinities and transcultural consumption [[electronic resource] ] : Yonsama, Rain, Oldboy, K-Pop idols / / Sun Jung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2011

ISBN

988-220-712-X

988-8053-63-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

TransAsia: screen cultures

Disciplina

306.09519

Soggetti

Masculinity in popular culture - Korea (South)

Cross-cultural studies - Korea (South)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Notes on the Usage of the Korean Language""; ""1 -  Korean Popular Culture and Transcultural Consumption""; ""2 - Bae Yong-Joon, Soft Masculinity, and Japanese Fans""; ""3 - Rain, Global Masculinity, and Singaporean Fans""; ""4 - Oldboy, Postmodern Masculinity, and Western Fandom on Film Review Websites""; ""5 - K-Pop Idol Boy Bands and Manufactured Versatile Masculinity""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""List of Media Productions""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the transcultural consumption of hybrid South Korean masculinities in contemporary South Korean popular culture. It focuses on the Japanese middle-aged female fandom of an actor - Bae Yong-Joon (aka. Yonsama) - the middle class Singaporean female fandom of a pop-star Rain, and the Western online cult fandom of a film, Oldboy.