Abstract
This editorial is an overview of this edition of the Journal of East Asian Popular Culture. It features a guest-edit by Thomas Baudinette and Kristine L. Santos ‘Towards a queer theory of the Korean Wave: Potentiality and paradox’. Five articles explore the role that Korean Wave plays in transmitting queer knowledge to fans and how K-pop fandom has emerged as a space of support for LGBTQ+ individuals around the globe. Two general articles, and an interview with festival director Wang Yi, complement this focus on queerness perceptions among English-speaking fandom and in Japan today. The Book Reviews section features commentary on recently published works.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 153-157 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | East Asian Journal of Popular Culture |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 Oct 1 |
Keywords
- BL attitudes
- fandom
- festival
- Korean Wave
- LGBT activism
- queer theory
- transphobia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)