Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media

Ji-Hyun Ahn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVII, 231 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-65773-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Ji-Hyun Ahn is Assistant Professor of Communication in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at The University of Washington Tacoma, USA. Her works have appeared in highly acclaimed journals in the field such as Media, Culture & Society, Cultural Studies, and Asian Ethnicity.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The New Face of Korea.- Chapter 3. From National Threat to National Hero.- Chapter 4. Consuming Cosmopolitan White(ness).- Chapter 5. Televising the Making of Neoliberal Multicultural Family.- Chapter 6. This is (Not) Our Multicultural Future.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.01.2018
Reihe/Serie	East Asian Popular Culture
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 231 p. 12 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	439 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Amerasian • Asian cinema • Asian culture • Biraciality • Cultural Studies • Documentary • Documentary films • Films, cinema • Globalization • Kosian • Literature, Cultural and Media Studies • media and communication • Media Studies • Mixed-Race • Multiculturalism • Neoliberalism • society & culture: general • Society & culture: general • South Korean Media
ISBN-10	3-319-65773-9 / 3319657739
ISBN-13	978-3-319-65773-8 / 9783319657738
Zustand	Neuware