K-drama school : a pop culture inquiry into why we love Korean television / Grace Jung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jung, Grace, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television programs--Korea (South)--History.

Television programs.

Popular culture--Korea (South)--21st century.

Popular culture.

History.

Performing arts.

Sociology.

history (discipline).

performing arts (discipline).

sociology.

Genre:

Television criticism and reviews.

Physical Description:

xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, 2024

Summary:

"From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung comes a rollicking deep dive into the cultural significance of Korean television. K-Drama School analyzes everything from common tropes like amnesia and slapping to conspicuous product placements of Subway sandwiches and coffee; to representations of disability, race and gender; to what Korea's war-torn history says about South Korea's media output and the stories being told on screen. With chapters organized by "lessons," each one inquiring into a different theme of Korean television, K-Drama School offers a groundbreaking exploration into this singular form of entertainment, from an author who writes with humor and heart about shows that spur tears and laughter, keeping us glued to the TV while making fans of us all."--Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

Introduction: Watch ten thousand hours of Korean TV and get a PhD

Lesson1: A Korean overachievement and SKY Castle

Lesson 2: A brief history of K-traumas and early Korean television

Lesson 3: Realism and trauma recovery in My Mister

Lesson 4: Penthouse and food-slapping makjang dramas for the ego's soul

Lesson 5: Orphans with leukemia in K-dramas

Lesson 6: Subway sandwiches, soju, and coffee in K-dramas

Lesson 7: #MeTooKorea and resilience in Something in the Rain and One Spring Night

Lesson 8: Go mash something

Lesson 9: The cycle of military, child abuse, and bullying in DP

Lesson 10: Top ten greatest K-dramas of all time according to Dr. Grace Jung, PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film and Television and former Fulbright Scholar

Lesson 11: Amnesiac queens, zombies, and ghosts of a forgotten war

Lesson 12: Sexual repression, queerness, and feminism in K-dramas

Lesson 13: US-South Korea relations and national self-perception in K-dramas

Lesson 14: The humanness of disability, addiction, and "welbing"

Lesson 15: My Liberation Notes and how it feels to be free.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780762485727

0762485728

9780762488162

0762488166

OCLC:

1393524062

Publisher Number:

90100293186