The Aesthetics of Authenticity: Corporate Masculinities in Contemporary South Korean Television Dramas

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The Aesthetics of Authenticity: Corporate Masculinities in Contemporary South Korean Television Dramas

This article discusses representations of "failed" salarymen in recent South Korean television dramas and the ways in which these representations have emerged as sites of cultural negotiation of negative aspects of the contemporary corporate workplace, and corporate masculinity in particul...

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Main Author:	Elfving-Hwang, Joanna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of San Francisco California 2017
Online Access:	https://jayna.usfca.edu/asia-pacific-perspectives/center-asia-pacific/perspectives/v15n1/elfving-hwang.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88842

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