Second-Generation Korean Americans and Transnational Media : Diasporic Identifications

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oh, David C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--United States.

Korean Americans--Ethnic identity.

Mass media and culture.

Korean Americans--Ethnic identity--United States.

Korean Americans.

Group identity.

Local Subjects:

Group identity--United States.

Korean Americans--Ethnic identity.

Mass media and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Other Title:

Second-Generation Korean Americans and Transnational Media

Place of Publication:

: Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diasporic Identifications looks at the relationship between second-generation Korean Americans and their uses and interpretations of Korean films and popular culture. The book combines intrapersonal processes of identification with their social identities to understand how they use Korean popular culture to define "authenticity" and to construct inter-group and intragroup difference and hierarchy. The book also examines the ways social identities intersect with intrapersonal identification within Korean American youth communities to shape interpretation of Korean films. Finally, the book incl

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Diaspora, Ethnicity, and Media""; ""2 Intra-Ethnic Organization, Ethnic Choices, and Dominant Culture""; ""3 Film Reception and Perceived Influences on Identification""; ""4 Identifying withCharacters and Celebrities""; ""5 Reading Culture""; ""6 Mediating Community""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

1-4985-0882-0

1-4985-0881-2

OCLC:

909369780