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Monday, January 06, 2025

East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 10.2 is out now! Special Issue

Intellect is pleased to present East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 10.2!

 

Special Issue: ‘Queering the Korean Wave’

 

Guest edited by Thomas Baudinette and Kristine Michelle L. Santos

 

For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/east-asian-journal-of-popular-culture

 

Aims & Scope

 

The East Asian Journal of Popular Culture is the leading academic peer-reviewed journal for scholars, teachers and students from around the world who have an active and passionate interest in the popular culture of East Asia. The journal is devoted to all aspects of popular culture in East Asia and the interplay between East Asia and the wider world.

 

This title is indexed with Scopus.

 

Issue 10.2

 

Editorial

 

General editorial

KATE TAYLOR-JONES, ANN HEYLEN AND EDWARD VICKERS

 

Towards a queer theory of the Korean Wave: Potentiality and paradox

THOMAS BAUDINETTE AND KRISTINE MICHELLE L. SANTOS

 

Special Issue Articles

 

Queer counterpublic and queer fan activism in South Korean K-Pop fandom: A case study of ‘Rainbow MooMoo’

OLIVIA GEORGE

 

Exploring Philippine queer possibilities through transformative K-pop imaginations online

KRISTINE MICHELLE L. SANTOS

 

‘Banning sissy idols to clean up the entertainment industry’: Queer practices of shipping BTS in Mainland China

ZISHAN LAI AND MICHELLE H. S. HO

 

‘Your sexual orientation based on your bias’: Queerness as a new default in online K-pop fan communities

JULIA TRZCIŃSKA

 

Almost-kisses, grabbing crotches: OnlyOneOf, queerbaiting and the politics of dislike

ASNA KADAMBOT MOHAMED RASHEED AND DEVANSHI SARIN

 

General Issue Articles

 

The influence of transphobia, homonationalism and anti-Asian prejudice: Anti-BL attitudes in English-speaking fandoms

SAMANTHA ABURIME

 

Consuming acceptance: Media consumption as LGBT activism in contemporary Japan

ANYA DOI-BENSON

 

Interview

 

Queer East: Interview with festival director WANG Yi

XI W. LIU

 

Book Reviews

 

Administering Affect: Pop-Culture Japan and the Politics of Anxiety, Daniel White (2022)

XI W. LIU

 

Televising Chineseness: Gender, Nation, and Subjectivity, Geng Song (2022)

QIAN GONG

 

Erratum