[ecrea] Call for Abstracts - Edited Collection on Korean Dramas

*Edited Collection on Korean Dramas*

   * Abstract deadline: August 28, 2016
   * Final draft deadline: May 31, 2017
With the proliferation of global media on the Internet, Korean 
television dramas have quickly become a popular phenomenon. Not just 
permeating Asia, but also appearing in the U.S., the Middle East, 
Europe, and Spanish-speaking countries among others, these dramas lead 
to fans scrambling to provide subtitles in their own languages. Along 
with being enthralled with characters and storylines, fans find 
themselves listening to soundtracks and following their favorite actors 
to other Korean dramas.

According to Youna Kim in the book, /The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go 
Global/, "Korean TV dramas are emotionally powerful and self-reflexive. 
While Korean producers do not pay particular attention to a global 
formula for the success of TV drama, nevertheless they have found its 
affective form useful to touch the sensibilities of disparate audiences" 
(7). This goes to show that anyone can find a Korean drama suitable to 
his or her tastes: they can select from Korean period dramas, comedy, 
romance, action, crime/thriller, and so on.

Korean dramas provide food for thought on numerous topics of study. Kim 
notes, "The Korean Wave culture embedded in dramas...is in essence all 
things hybrid - a fusion of local, regional and Western cultures, forms, 
styles, genres, narratives or identities, in part accelerated by the 
developments in information and communication technologies, yet without 
necessarily eliminating the best of Korea's distinct traditional values, 
emotional aesthetics and expressive performances" (17). Also emerging 
are transcultural conversations and reconfigurations of identities.

We seek abstracts that apply diverse theoretical approaches to different 
Korean dramas. Potential topics include but are not limited to the 
following:

   * Asian modernity
   * pan-Asian identity
   * influence from/on other cultures
   * Confucian social order
   * religion and spirituality
   * identity politics and power
   * gender and sexuality
   * class struggle and social mobility
   * disability and health
   * food culture
   * generational differences
   * hybridity
   * intertextuality
   * media imperialism
   * "pop nationalism" or K-dramas as a tool of soft power
   * participatory fan culture
   * transnational celebrities

These abstracts will be compiled into a book proposal that will be sent 
to a popular-culture publisher. We anticipate sending the book proposal 
sometime at the end of the year. Please share this message with 
researchers that may be interested in sending in an abstract for the 
collection.

For any questions, feel free to contact Dr. Ann-Gee Lee, English 
Department, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (ann-gee.lee /at/ uafs.edu) or 
Dr. JaeYoon Park, Media Communication, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith 
(jaeyoon.park /at/ uafs.edu)

Please send abstracts of 500-1,000 words and if possible, an abbreviated 
CV to (koreandramascollection /at/ gmail.com)







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