Introduction: Gender and the Rearticulation of Narrative in Korean Screen Media, Yonson Ahn and Dal Yong Jin Part 1: Gender on the Korean Screen 1. Representing South Korean Older Female (Micro)celebrities on YouTube, Hyunsun Yoon; 2. At the Juncture of Ageism and Sexism: Reconfiguring Elderly Women in Korean Screen Culture, Hee-seung Irene Lee; 3. The Representation of Women: Examining Images of Mother Figures and the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Contemporary South Korean Films and Series in Terms of Expectations and Pressure in Education, Su-Jin Song; 4. Age, Gender and Successful Second Innings: Reimagining Life Templates of Ageing Women through Korean Dramas, Zakra Saiwa; 5. Profitable Wounds: Gendered Representation as the Re-commodification of Adoptee-ness in Korean Drama, Sina Lee Part 2: Evolving Narratives and Representation on the Korean Screen 6. Evolving Narratives and Diversity in K-pop Girl Groups: A Three-Decade Analysis of Keywords in Song Lyrics and Thematic Emphasis in Music Videos, Vladislava Mazana; 7. Mental Illness and Neurodivergence in the Contemporary K-Drama Romance: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020), Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), and Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023), Vivien Nara; 8. Re-membering Marginalized Post-War Narratives: Virtual Reality in Contemporary Korean Art, Minji Chun; 9. Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Journey of Filipino Extras in Hallyuwood, Jeremiah Estela Magoncia; 10. Queer Korean American Films: Mutability and Misbehaving in the Work of Andrew Ahn and Eric Cho, Valerie Soe; Afterword: Toward a Postcolonial Korean Screen Studies, David Oh; Index
Biography
Yonson Ahn is a Professor at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany.
Dal Yong Jin is a Distinguished Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
