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DESCRIPTION:With the success of the Apple TV + drama series Pachinko (2022)
 \, the stories of Korean diasporas—scattered in Japan\, China\, Russia\,
  Ukraine\, Kazakhstan\, Uzbekistan\, and in more recent decades\, the US
 —began to enter the arena of global public attention. Closer at home in 
 East Asia\, however\, the representation of Korean diasporas in mainstream
  cinema and media tends to see stereotypical association with crime and il
 legality. While Zainichi Koreans-in-Japan appeared in Japanese cinema in t
 he 1960s—the most famous example being Oshima Nagisa’s Death by Hangin
 g (1967)—which soon became enriched and balanced by works by Zainichi fi
 lmmakers from the 1970s on\, Korean Chinese (chaoxianzu/joseonjok) have ma
 de scanty and often marginalized appearances in mainstream Chinese and Sou
 th Korean cinemas.\n\nMy paper focuses on the representation of Korean Chi
 nese in contemporary South Korean crime thrillers. In films like The Yello
 w Sea (dir. NA Hong-jin\, 2010)\, New World (dir. PARK Hoon-jung\, 2013)\,
  and Decision to Leave (dir. PARK Chan-wook\, 2022)\, joseonjok characters
 \, despite their co-ethnicity\, appear as cultural others exploited throug
 h outsourcing employment and investigative desire. Whereas joseonjok males
  tend to be hired as low-paid killers whose skillful ferocity is typically
  associated with animalism\, joseonjok females work low-pay service jobs a
 nd also seem desirable only through associations with crime and illegality
 . Enlivening film analysis with research on migration history\, labor\, (p
 ost-)globalization\, and issues such as aging and low birth rate in contem
 porary South Korea\, my presentation offers a rich interdisciplinary discu
 ssion on film\, genre\, diaspora\, migration\, labor\, desire\, and modern
 ity.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140204Z
LOCATION:Room 403 PC Desk (Seats 30)
SUMMARY:The Criminalization of Korean Chinese in South Korean Cinema - Qi W
 ang
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/3YHN3K/
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