At the center of its world, the U.S. empire forgets itself
Squid Game and the Hollywood press’ melodramatic gaze
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 23019454 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Raymond Kyooyung (0000-0002-7290-715X, University of Southern California, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2022 |
| Volumen | 15 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 546-548 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2022-11-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Communication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129 |
| Editorial | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ccc/tcac040 |
| OpenAlex | W4304208448 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 9 |
This article calls attention to a novel form of Orientalist gaze that I call “melodramatic,” characterized by the looking subject’s excessive desire to identify with the looked-at object and to depict itself as the virtuous victim-hero. Analyzing U.S. journalistic commentaries on Squid Game that prescribe Americentric reception of the foreign media text, I argue that the U.S. empire’s melodramatic “main character syndrome” manifests as not only affect but also an imperialist mode of story-telling that assuages its historical guilt and accountability.
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Character (mathematics) · Empire · Gaze · HERO · Hollywood · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Object (grammar) · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 0,5 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |