Min Joo Lee

Finding Mr. Perfect

K-Drama, Pop Culture, Romance, and Race

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Produktbeschreibung

Finding Mr. Perfect explores the romantic relationships between Korean men and the women who were inspired by romantic Korean televisual depictions of Korean masculinity to travel to Korea as tourists. The book analyzes the disparate erotic desires that shape such transnational encounters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781978841574
• ISBN-10: 1978841574
• Artikelnr.: 73815510

Autorenporträt

MIN JOO LEE is an assistant professor in the Department of Asian Studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Mouth Agape and Ecstatically Screaming: National Media and Industry
Personnel’s Conception of Foreign Hallyu Fans
2. Romance and Masculinity in Korean Television Dramas
3. Digitalized Intimacies of Hallyu
4. “Korean Men are So Bad Because They Are Perfect”: Hallyu Tourists’
Experiences in Korea
5. “How Can We Compete with Men Like That?”: Korean Men’s Perception of
Their New-Found Popularity
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
References
Index