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Yang, SunyoungAffiliation
Univ Arizona, Dept East Asian StudiesIssue Date
2018-07-31
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Sunyoung Yang (2018) “Loser” aesthetics: Korean internet freaks and gender politics, Feminist Media Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2018.1503191Journal
Feminist Media StudiesRights
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
In the aftermath of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, a new Internet freak culture emerged in South Korea in response to the rapid development of the Internet as well as the country’s neoliberal reforms. At this time, images of losers, freaks, and other surplus populations circulated online. This article examines the gender politics of Internet freaks through an analysis of one online fan forum, the Lee Joon Gi gallery of DCinside.com. Lee’s fan forum acquired a reputation through sexually charged posts from its female-user base in the late 2000s and is still active today. By appropriating attributes of online male culture and forms of communication, such as absurd statements, rudeness, and aggressive sexual expression, the users of this fan community created a carnivalesque space for themselves and subverted rigid Korean gender ideologies. Such parodies have transformed the fear of misogyny and sexism in the offline world into laughter online and become fertile ground for changes in gender politics in online spaces.Note
18 month embargo; published online: 31 July 2018ISSN
1468-0777EISSN
1471-5902Version
Final accepted manuscriptAdditional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2018.1503191ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/14680777.2018.1503191