Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption: Yonsama, Rain, Oldboy, K-Pop Idols

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2PM 78, 163, 164, 166–9 Beast-like masculinity 164, 165 Hybrid masculinity 165 Thai fandom 166 Ahn Jae-Wook 42 AintItCool.com 32, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130–2 Alasuutari, Pertti 19, 20 Americanization of Korea 10, 11, 77, 102 Ang, Ien 20 Appadurai, Arjun 11, 18, 20, 60, 71 April Snow 30, 52, 185 Arashi 59 Arirang 55, 185 AsiaExtremeFilms.com 131 Asian Cult Cinema magazine 131 Asian Financial Crisis, see IMF crisis AsianCultCinema.co.uk 131 AsianCultCinema.com 131 Asianness Emerging 21 Shared 21–2, 23, 24 See also Transcultural flows Asiaphilia 134 Audiences Asian 85, 167 Culturally diverse 18–19 Ethnography of 19 Global 4, 11, 21, 84 Japanese 37, 42, 43, 60, 62 Passive 12, 20 Reception studies 4, 19–21, 30 Regional 5 Transcultural desire of 4 Index Western 32, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 130, 132, 134, 138, 139, 142, 162 Audition 138, 185 B2AST 163, 164 Bae Gook-Nam 165, 168 Bae Yong-Joon (BYJ) 2, 3, 28, 30, 35–72, 162 Early career, 42–4 Films 42–4 Merchandise 38–9 Momjjang body 68–71, 114 Photo album 37, 47, 64, 68–71 Politeness 50–2 Purity 48–50 Soft masculinity 35, 39, 42, 44–52, 53, 54, 57–60, 61–71 Tender charisma 46–8 Winter Sonata 44–67 See also Soft Korean masculinity; Winter Sonata; Yonsama syndrome Baek Won-Dam 41–2, 102 Battle Royale 138, 185 Baudrillard, Jean 49 Beast-like masculinity 164, 165 See also 2PM; Jimseungdol Benjamin, Walter 13 Berry, Chris 14–15 BeyondHollywood.com 3, 32, 126–32, 155 Bhabha, Homi 11 Bichunmoo 10, 185 Big Bang 56 Bishõnen masculinity 30, 39, 57, 58–60, 71 Stars and 57, 112 Black Republic, The 130, 185 214 Index Shared traditions 30, 53–4 Transcultural flows 54 See also Seonbi masculinity; Wen masculinity; Yangban masculinity Connell, R. W. 25 Consumerism American 149 In Asia 75 Global 41, 89, 167 Japanese 3, 21, see also Japan Pop 4, 30–1, 74, 75, 142 See also Trans-pop-consumerism Convergence culture 91, 94–5, 96 See also Media convergence; Participatory culture Cool masculinity 3, 32, 36–7, 120–1, 123, 142, 143, 147, 148, 149–50, 152, 153, 157, 160 black 149–50 Coolness 32, 121, 143, 147, 148, 149, 150, 162 Corrigan, Timothy 125 Counter-coevality 30, 39, 61, 63, 64, 71 See also Coevality Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 75, 185 Cult films 125–6 Cultural Asia 75 Imperialism 12, 17 Odorlessness 3, 18, 21, 60, 167 Proximity 21, 22, 23, 30, 39, 52–4, 61, 71 Translation 13, 40 Cybernetic technology 146–7 In Oldboy 146, 147 Dae-jang-geum 2, 185 Dai-ichi Life Research Institute 38 Daishi Dance 56 Debord, Guy 62–3 Desser, David 132, 133, 139 Divided Korea 6–7, 14–15 Impact on masculinity 28–9 Dochakuka 13 Bloody-Disgusting.com 126, 127 BoA 1–2, 78, 79 Bong Joon-Ho 2, 124, 127, 186 Boy bands 59, 83, 167 Crossing borders 170 K-pop 163–70 See also Chogukjeok masculinity Brown Eyed Girls 164 Bungee Jumping of Their Own 29, 185 Butler, Judith 25, 46, 165 Byeon Seong-Chan 9 BYJ, see Bae Yong-Joon Chaebol 8 Chan, Fruit 135 Chan, Peter 135 Chan-Sung 164 Ching, Leo 22–3 Cho Han Hye-Jeong 40, 76, 102 Cho Heup 29–30 Chogukjeok masculinity 163–70 Choi Min-Soo 58 Chong Li Choy 87 Christmas in August 28, 185 Chua Beng Huat 21, 31, 53, 56, 75, 87, 88, 92 Cine21 14, 124 Cinephilia 132, 133 Web-based 133 See also New cinephilia Clockwork Orange, A 119, 121, 185 Coevality 41 See also Counter-coevality Collective desire for past 61–4 Colonial mimicry 11 Colonized mentality 55 Comfort women 37 Confucian masculinity, see Seonbi masculinity Confucianism, 25, 27, 30, 48, 53–4, 92, 106 Masculinity 31, 48, 54, 103, 104, 105 Moral virtues 54, 105 Patriarchy 26, 105 215 Index See also Tochakhwa Doraemon, 22, 112 DVD pirating 94, 141 Ebert, Roger 129 Elley, Derek 129 Entrails of a Beautiful Woman 135, 185 Entrails of a Virgin 135, 185 Ethnic consolidation 16 Evil Dead Trap 135, 185 Extreme Asian cinema 2, 131, 132, 134–7, 138, 139, 153 Fans of 134–7 f(x) 78 F4 59 Fans Cult fandom 119, 162 Japanese 35–72 Oldboy 120–1, 125–8, 132–3, 162, 167, 171 Online Western fandom 119...