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Circuits of K-content: Co-productions, Collaborations, and Connections

David C. Oh

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.016

Mapping Inter-Asian Connections through Mother-Daughter Relationships in South Korean Films

Myoung-Sun Song

This paper examines two contemporary Korean films— (2023) and (2019)—through the lens of connections: between mothers and daughters, between lovers, and ultima...

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.012

Mobilizing the Transnational Villainess: Affective Circulation and Feminist Resistance Across Korea and Japan

Megu Itoh

The villainess character has recently emerged as a transnationally circulating archetype across Korean and Japanese media, particularly within manga, manhwa, we...

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.013

South Korean V-Tuber Visual Conventions within Korea–Japan Cultural Circuits

Olivier Jiyoun Jung, Sungbin Youk

Virtual YouTubers (V-Tubers) are avatar-based digital content creators whose performances rely heavily on visual design. Although V-Tubers have become increasin...

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.014

When Paid Intimacy Fails: Target-Specific Accountability in Chinese K-pop Video Call Events

Xingyue Li, Kristin April Kim, Ji Hoon Park

K-pop video call events turn intimate access into a paid encounter involving idols, entertainment companies, sales platforms, and fan organizations. This study ...

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.017

Embodied Boundary Work: Materializing Identity Across Transnational K-pop Concert Spaces

Sam James, So Yoon Lee

This study posits K-pop fandom as a site of , focusing on the spatial and material dimensions of concertgoing practices. Drawing on comparative ethnographic fie...

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.010

K-Style Content on Netflix: Assembling ‘Korea’ in the Platform Era

Sarah Keith

This article theorises the term ‘K-style content’ to describe Western produced televisual media that mobilises Korean popular culture as a resource to attract g...

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.011

Sugino, C. M. (2025). Making the Human: Race, Allegory, and Asian Americans

Kent Ono

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2026.23.015