7. Reading Muhan Dojeon through the Madanggǔk

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: Writing Pop Culture in the Time of Pandemic ix
4. Introduction: Of Mimicry and Miguk 1
5. 1. Short History of K-Pop, K-Cinema, and K-Television 35
6. 2. The Souls of Korean Folk in the Era of Hip-Hop 85
7. 3. Dividuated Cinema: Temporality and Body in the Overwired Age 118
8. 4. Running Man: The Korean Television Variety Program and Affect Confucianism 140
9. 5. The Virtual Feast: Mukbang, Con-Man Comedy, and the Post-Traumatic Family in Extreme Job (2019) and Parasite (2019) 164
10. 6. Korean Meme-icry: Samsung and K-Pop 195
11. 7. Reading Muhan Dojeon through the Madanggǔk 220
12. Notes 237
13. Bibliography 273
14. Index 289