Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption: Yonsama, Rain, Oldboy, K-Pop Idols (TransAsia Screen Cultures Series)

South Korean Masculinities Have Enjoyed Dramatic Influence In Pan-asian Popular Culture, Which Travels Freely Due To Its Non-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 Horror Film Oldboy, And The Singaporean Fandom Of The Popstar Rain. Through These Three Specific But Hybrid Masculine Contexts, The Author Develops The Concepts Of Soft Masculinity, As Well As Global And Postmodern Variants Of Masculine Cultural Impacts. Jung Argues That Korean Masculinity Is Being Reconstructed Through Its Regional And Sometimes Global Circulation As Part Of The Korean Wave, Producing New Forms That Negotiate Local Korean Forces And International Consumer Forces To Create Culturally Odorless Forms That Travel Easily And Find Ready Consumption.--publisher Description. Korean Popular Culture And Transcultural Consumption: Globalized Desires Between Ours And Others -- Bae Yong-joon, Soft Masculinity, And Japanese Fans: Our Past Is In Your Present Body -- Rain, Global Masculinity, And Singaporean Fans: Fly Anywhere, Click Anytime -- Oldboy, Postmodern Masculinity, And Western Fandom On Film Review Websites: Time Between Dog And Wolf -- K-pop Idol Boy Bands And Manufactured Versatile Masculinity: Making Chogukjeok Boys. Sun Jung. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. South Korean masculinities have enjoyed dramatic influence in pan-Asian popular culture, which travels freely due to its non-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 horror film Oldboy, and the Singaporean fandom of the popstar Rain. Through these three specific but hybrid masculine contexts, the author develops the concepts of soft masculinity, as well as global and postmodern variants of masculine cultural impacts. Jung argues that Korean masculinity is being reconstructed through its regional and sometimes global circulation as part of the Korean Wave, producing new forms that negotiate local Korean forces and international consumer forces to create culturally odorless forms that travel easily and find ready consumption.--Descripción del editor South 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. Through these three specific but hybrid contexts, the author develops the concepts of soft masculinity, as well as global and postmodern variants of masculine cultural impacts. In the concluding chapter, the author also discusses recently emerging versatile masculinity within the transcultural pop production paradigm represented by K-pop idol boy bands. Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 9 Notes on the Usage of the Korean Language......Page 10 1 - Korean Popular Culture and Transcultural Consumption......Page 12 2 - Bae Yong-Joon, Soft Masculinity, and Japanese Fans......Page 46 3 - Rain, Global Masculinity, and Singaporean Fans......Page 84 4 - Oldboy, Postmodern Masculinity, and Western Fandom on Film Review Websites......Page 130 5 - K-Pop Idol Boy Bands and Manufactured Versatile Masculinity......Page 174 Appendix......Page 182 Notes......Page 184 List of Media Productions......Page 196 References......Page 200 Index......Page 224 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.