Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption

Korean Masculinities and Transcultural ConsumptionSouth 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.

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