Reckoning with the world : South Korean television and the Latin American imaginary /

"This book analyzes how South Korean popular commercial television participates in the process of creating a problematic, monolithic imaginary of Latin America and the Caribbean"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Han, Benjamin M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2026.
Subjects:	Television programs > Korea (South) > History and criticism. Television programs > Social aspects > Korea (South) Television viewers > Korea (South) > Attitudes. Latin Americans > In mass media. Caribbeans > In mass media. Mass media and globalization. Latin America > In mass media. Caribbean Area > In mass media. Émissions télévisées > Corée du Sud > Histoire et critique. Médias et mondialisation. Émissions télévisées > Aspect social > Corée du Sud. Mass media and globalization Television programs > Social aspects Television programs > History and criticism. Television viewers > Attitudes Caribbean Area Korea (South) Latin America

Table of Contents:

Between Korea and the Americas: diasporic nationalism in the land of humans
The fantastic Korean TV dramas: Secret Garden and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Traveling Latin Americans: strategic authenticity, Latin Heung, and the reclaiming of the nostalgic past
Infrastructural imaginaries of Cuba in contemporary Korean television.