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Abstract: »This article is an intervention in television studies, gender studies, and Korean media studies to define “feminist realism” in television based on analyses of two K-dramas that aired in the wake of the 2018 #MeTooKorea movement—My Mister (tvN) and Something in the Rain (JTBC). Both shows include female protagonists in white-collar spaces with leftist class and gender critiques, addressing social issues that plague South Korea, such as weaponized spy technology, domestic violence, toxic masculinity, and corporate sexual harassment. Each K-drama presents a feminist perspective couched in realist aesthetics and narrative devices that reflect modern Korean literary styles by women authors as well as new realist South Korean film styles that showcase marginalized struggles.« (Source: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 277)
	Realism as Feeling, Class, and Aesthetic (p. 279)
	Feminine Reality in Korean Literature and Feminist Realism in Korean Television (p. 282)
	My Mister, #MeTooKorea, and Moral Panic (p. 284)
	The Feminist Agenda of My Mister in a Male-Dominated World (p. 287)
	The Feminist Realism of a Sonic Yoyeur (p. 290)
	Feminist Realism as Style and Aesthetic in Something in the Rain (p. 292)
	A Feminist Realist Frame (p. 294)
	Female Subjectivity and Office Sexual Assault (p. 296)
	Conclusion (p. 299)

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