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"Korean media has exploded in popularity across the globe in the past decade. This edited collection examines ways that fans from very different racial and cultural backgrounds have engaged with Korean popular media in local contexts, revealing complex transcultural affinities, conflicts, and negotiations"--
List of contents
DRAFT
Introduction, by David C. Oh & Benjamin M. Han
Part I. Transcultural Affinity, Excess, and Contradiction
Chapter 1. The Road to Fandom: Joy and Black "Fans" in K-pop, by Crystal S. Anderson
Chapter 2. Between Appreciation and Appropriation: Race-Transitioning among Hallyu Fans, by Min Joo Lee
Chapter 3. Korean Romance for Wholesomeness and Racism? The Transcultural Reception of the Reality Dating Show
Single's Inferno, by Woori Han
Chapter 4. K-pop and the Racialization of Asian American Popular Musicians, by Donna Lee Kwon
Chapter 5. "Soft" Koreans and "Sensual" Cubans: Race, Gender, and the Reception of South Korean Popular Culture in Cuba, by Laura-Zoë Humphreys
Part II. Intersectional Connection and ImaginariesChapter 6. Latin Orientalism and Anglo Hegemony in Korean Rock: Seo Taiji's "Moai" (2009), by Moisés Park
Chapter 7. "I Was Probably Korean in a Previous Life": Transracial Jokes and Fantasies of Hallyu Fans, by Irina Lyan
Chapter 8. Hallyu Dreaming: Making Sense of Race and Gender in K-dramas in the US Midwest and Ireland, by Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain
Chapter 9. When K-pop Meets Islam: Cultural Appropriation and Fan Engagement, by Young Jung
Chapter 10. "I Can Do Both": Queering K-pop Idols through the White Discursive Standpoint of TikTok Users, by Julia Trzci¿ska & David C. Oh
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Edited by David C. Oh and Benjamin M. Han
