Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	East Asian Popular Culture
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Ji-Hyun Ahn
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	231
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-65773-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	3-319-65773-9
Barcode:	9783319657738

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