Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Colby Access Only)
Department
Colby College. East Asian Studies Dept.
Advisor(s)
Ankeney Weitz
Second Advisor
Hideko Abe
Abstract
How do women in South Korea negotiate gender roles? What role does the media in the form of Korean TV dramas (K-dramas) play in these negotiations? What does the popularity of gender-bending dramas tell us about women, the major audience of these Korean TV dramas? By studying three gender-bending K-dramas, [Coffee Prince (K’ŏp’i P’ŭrinsŭ 1 Hochŏm, 2007), You’re Beautiful (Minamisineyo, 2009), and To The Beautiful You (Arŭmdaun Kŭtaeeke, 2012)], which all feature a female protagonist that assumes the role of a male, this study aims to prove that the popularity of these dramas lies in the changing attitudes of women and their desires to excel and assume equal or higher positions than males.
Keywords
Korea, television, popular culture, sexuality
Recommended Citation
Choephel, Eleni, "Omona!: Gender Representation in Three Gender-Bending Korean Dramas" (2013). Honors Theses. Paper 681.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/681
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