Young Jung has published an essay titled “Squid Games, Transcultural Fan Parodies: Black and Queer Adaptations” in <The Hallyu Project> cluster The Hallyu Project « Post45, Post45 Contemporaries with other Hallyu (Korean Wave) scholars. This essay analyzes fans’ user-created parody texts on YouTube and their comments reflecting international fans’ engagement with transcultural receptions of Squid Game. Focusing on Squid Game’s pluralities of reception, Jung argues that parody videos illustrate “how international fans make sense of globally circulated drama content by appropriating themes and characters, making continued self-referential and cultural connections.” This essay is available online. Squid Games, Transcultural Fan Parodies: Black and Queer Adaptations « Post45.
February 24, 2023