Consuming Koreanness in contemporary Taiwan : inter-Asia referencing in the post-Cold War East Asia

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dc.contributor.advisorChang, Sung-sheng, 1951-
dc.contributor.advisorOppenheim, Robert, 1969-
dc.contributor.committeeMemberStraubhaar, Joseph D
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKumar, Shanti
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTsai, Chien-hsin
dc.creatorLin, Tien-wen
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-1597-2067
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-14T21:52:53Z
dc.date.available2017-06-14T21:52:53Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2016
dc.date.updated2017-06-14T21:52:53Z
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation sets out to study the ascendance of South Korea, which shifted from a peripheral to a prominent position in Taiwanese people’s imaginary geography in the twenty-first century. The study investigated the perceptions and sentiments Taiwanese people held against Korea and argued that a body of knowledge regarding Korea has been generated in the Taiwanese society. The research analyzed academic literature, media representations, and viewer/reader reception about the rise of Korea. Complementing on existing Korean Wave studies which focused on the pop cultural flow exported from South Korea, this dissertation studied the socio-economic conditions that produce the flow. The research found that Taiwanese nationalism arose in response to changing regional relations in a post-Cold War East Asia. The rivalry between Taiwan and South Korea exemplified the tension among East Asian nations that has been heightened in an increasingly interdependent East Asia. By contrast to the print capitalism Benedict Anderson proposed in Imagined Communities, this dissertation discussed the “electronic capitalism” which media scholarship has just begun to explore. Due to the compression of time and space accelerated by electronic technologies, Taiwan and other East Asian nations have been incorporated in a highly competitive capitalist culture. The dissertation investigated three industries to probe into Taiwan-South Korea encounters in particular contexts, including the electronics industry, the news media industry, and the media sports industry.
dc.description.departmentAsian Studies
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2PC2TF7Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/47228
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectInter-Asia cultural studies
dc.subjectKorean Wave
dc.subjectInter-Asia referencing
dc.subjectSouth Korea
dc.subjectTaiwan
dc.subjectTaiwanese
dc.subjectRise of Korea
dc.subjectPop culture influence
dc.subjectTaiwanese nationalism
dc.subjectPost-Cold War East Asia
dc.subjectElectronic capitalism
dc.subjectElectronic technologies
dc.subjectCapitalist culture
dc.subjectTaiwan-South Korea
dc.subjectElectronics industry
dc.subjectNews media industry
dc.subjectMedia sports industry
dc.titleConsuming Koreanness in contemporary Taiwan : inter-Asia referencing in the post-Cold War East Asia
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thesis.degree.departmentAsian Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineAsian Cultures and Languages
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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