This book studies how the increase of visual representation of mixed-race Koreans formulates a particular racial project in contemporary South Korean media. It explores the moments of ruptures and disjuncture that biracial bodies bring to the formation of neoliberal multiculturalism, a South Korean national racial project that re-aligns racial lines under the nation's neoliberal transformation. Specifically, Ji-Hyun Ahn examines four televised racial moments that demonstrate particular aspects of neoliberal multiculturalism by demanding distinct ways of re-imagining what it means to be Korean in the contemporary era of globalization. Taking a critical media/cultural studies approach, Ahn engages with materials from archives, the popular press, policy documents, television commercials, and television programs as an inter-textual network that actively negotiates and formulates a new racialized national identity. In doing so, the book provides a rich analysis of the ongoing struggle over racial reconfiguration in South Korean popular media, advancing an emerging scholarly discussion on race as a leading factor of social change in South Korea.
| ISBN: | 9783319881027 |
| Publication date: | 4th September 2018 |
| Author: | JiHyun Ahn |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 231 pages |
| Series: | East Asian Popular Culture |
| Genres: |
Media studies Documentary films Cultural studies Performing arts |
This book studies how the increase of visual representation of mixed-race Koreans formulates a particular racial project in contemporary South Korean media. It explores the moments of ruptures and disjuncture that biracial bodies bring to the formation of neoliberal multiculturalism, a South Korean national racial project that re-aligns racial lines under the nation's neoliberal transformation. Specifically, Ji-Hyun Ahn examines four televised racial moments that demonstrate particular aspects of neoliberal multiculturalism by demanding distinct ways of re-imagining what it means to be Korean in the contemporary era of globalization. Taking a critical media/cultural studies approach, Ahn engages with materials from archives, the popular press, policy documents, television commercials, and television programs as an inter-textual network that actively negotiates and formulates a new racialized national identity. In doing so, the book provides a rich analysis of the ongoing struggle over racial reconfiguration in South Korean popular media, advancing an emerging scholarly discussion on race as a leading factor of social change in South Korea.
Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media features in the following genres: Media studies, Documentary films, Cultural studies, Performing arts
Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media is available in Paperback
Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media was written by JiHyun Ahn and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media has 231 pages
Yes it is part of East Asian Popular Culture series
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