Asian Dolls and the Westernized Gaze

Pužar, Aljoša

doi:10.14431/aw.2011.06.27.2.81

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“…The doll is costumed and styled to resemble a young East Asian girl. East Asian girls are frequently described as looking like cute dolls, but are also known in popular culture to signal peril by turning into vicious spirits that curse people in Asian ghost stories and horror films (McRobbie, 2009; Puzar, 2011). Hollywood movies also use dolls to represent horrible spirits, as in the Satan's Doll series.…”

Section: Memefication Of Squid Game and Ideological Strugglesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The memefication of Squid Game and mimicry of Asian images

Yoon

2023

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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The memefication of Squid Game demonstrates the cultural dynamics of media reception in changing media environments. The dissemination of memes facilitates public participation and democratic use of media, however memes also aggravate cultural prejudice and contribute to the segregation of social groups. This study investigates ideological influences involved in spreading Squid Game memes. Squid Game and associated memes demonstrate the ambivalence of cultural dynamics at the global level and identity issues involved in consuming media and pop culture. Theories of postcolonialism and critical discourse analysis are applied to examine media production and distribution of Korean media, and its influence on the reproduction cultural prejudice in changing media environments. Online memes provide the particular impetus underlying contestations between cultural diversity and ideological conservation in our changing media environment.

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Section: Memefication Of Squid Game and Ideological Strugglesmentioning

confidence: 99%