Donghyung Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 6557240 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donghyung Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donghyung |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reading Kristi Yamaguchi
This study offers a critical discourse analysis of how U.S. mainstream media constructed the public image of Kristi Yamaguchi, the first Asian American woman to win Olympic gold in the Winter Games. Employing Anne-Marie Fortier’s notion of the ‘politics of pride’ and David Theo Goldberg’s theory of racial governance, the paper examines the dual process of de-racialization and re-racialization that shaped Yamaguchi’s mediated identity. Her racial …
Reading Le Jingyi’s Back
This paper tells the story of Le Jingyi, a former World Championship Chinese swimmer, describing how the Western media portrayed, represented, and discursively deconstructed her image, especially her physique, to create the spectral and hyper-masculinised image known as the ‘Sino-steroid spectre’. Although Le never tested positive for drug usage, the Western media demonised her, depicting her as the definitive symbol of a doped female athlete, us…
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Reading Le Jingyi’s Back
This paper tells the story of Le Jingyi, a former World Championship Chinese swimmer, describing how the Western media portrayed, represented, and discursively deconstructed her image, especially her physique, to create the spectral and hyper-masculinised image known as the ‘Sino-steroid spectre’. Although Le never tested positive for drug usage, the Western media demonised her, depicting her as the definitive symbol of a doped female athlete, us…
Reading Kristi Yamaguchi
This study offers a critical discourse analysis of how U.S. mainstream media constructed the public image of Kristi Yamaguchi, the first Asian American woman to win Olympic gold in the Winter Games. Employing Anne-Marie Fortier’s notion of the ‘politics of pride’ and David Theo Goldberg’s theory of racial governance, the paper examines the dual process of de-racialization and re-racialization that shaped Yamaguchi’s mediated identity. Her racial …
Gender Studies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · German (1 work)