Introduction: Watch ten thousand hours of Korean TV and get a PhD -- Lesson1: A Korean overachievement and SKY Castle -- Lesson 2: A brief history of K-traumas and early Korean television -- Lesson 3: Realism and trauma recovery in My Mister -- Lesson 4: Penthouse and food-slapping makjang dramas for the ego's soul -- Lesson 5: Orphans with leukemia in K-dramas -- Lesson 6: Subway sandwiches, soju, and coffee in K-dramas -- Lesson 7: #MeTooKorea and resilience in Something in the Rain and One Spring Night -- Lesson 8: Go mash something -- Lesson 9: The cycle of military, child abuse, and bullying in DP -- Lesson 10: Top ten greatest K-dramas of all time according to Dr. Grace Jung, PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film and Television and former Fulbright Scholar -- Lesson 11: Amnesiac queens, zombies, and ghosts of a forgotten war -- Lesson 12: Sexual repression, queerness, and feminism in K-dramas -- Lesson 13: US-South Korea relations and national self-perception in K-dramas -- Lesson 14: The humanness of disability, addiction, and "welbing" -- Lesson 15: My Liberation Notes and how it feels to be free.
Summary:
"From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung comes a rollicking deep dive into the cultural significance of Korean television. K-Drama School analyzes everything from common tropes like amnesia and slapping to conspicuous product placements of Subway sandwiches and coffee; to representations of disability, race and gender; to what Korea's war-torn history says about South Korea's media output and the stories being told on screen. With chapters organized by "lessons," each one inquiring into a different theme of Korean television, K-Drama School offers a groundbreaking exploration into this singular form of entertainment, from an author who writes with humor and heart about shows that spur tears and laughter, keeping us glued to the TV while making fans of us all."--Dust jacket flap.
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