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Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasies (Paperback)
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Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasies (Paperback)
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This book is about ardent Korean female fans of gay representation
in the media, their status in contemporary Korean society, their
relationship with other groups such as the gay population, and,
above all, their contribution to reshaping the Korean media's
portrayal of gay people. Jungmin Kwon names the Korean female
fandom for gay portrayals as "FANtasy" subculture, and argues that
it adds to the present visibility of the gay body in Korean
mainstream media, thus helping to change the public's perspective
toward sexually marginalized groups. The FANtasy subculture started
forming around text-based media, such as yaoi, fan fiction, and
U.S. gay-themed dramas (like Will & Grace), and has been
influenced by diverse social, political, and economic conditions,
such as the democratization of Korea, an open policy toward foreign
media products, the diffusion of consumerism, government investment
in the culture, the Hollywoodization of the film industry, and the
popularity of Korean culture abroad. While much scholarly attention
has been paid to female fandom for homoerotic cultural texts in
many countries, this book seeks to explore a relatively neglected
aspect of the subculture: its location in and influence on Korean
society at large.
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