00000ctm a22000003i 4500 UP-99796217612749559 Buklod 20251105160403.0 a r |||| u| ta 251105s2016 xx d |||| || | (iLib)UPD-00362013583 DCAL rda eng DMLUC LG 993.5 2016 C6 A43 Ambion, Arianne Noreen B. author That human reading alternative masculinities as feminist resistance in gender-bender Korean dramas by Arianne Noreen B. Ambion ; Corazon D. Villareal, adviser. Quezon City College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman [2016] vi, 70 leaves illustrations (some color) 28 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Thesis (B.A. in Comparative Literature) College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman May 2016 Includes bibliographical references This study reads feminist resistance in the characterization and audio-visual representation of characters performing alternative masculinities, specifically female masculinity and feminine masculinity, in the gender-bender Korean drama series Secret Garden, The First Shop of the Coffee Prince, and Sungkyunkwan Scandal by surfacing elements of hegemonic patriarchy subversion within these texts. Within the narrative context of predominantly Confucian Korean society, the overwhelming advantage of being male-gendered is a key to ascending socioeconomically. Gender-bending masculine females are driven to assert themselves as equals to men by first overcoming the barrier of physical appearance through crossdressing as men. Feminine masculinity performed by males, on the other hand, is mostly portrayed as a means of obtaining positive attention from females; this is either as a manifestation of upwardly mobile socio-economic status, or a display of vulnerability and creative sensibility by aesthetically departing from the traditional association of hegemonic masculinity with Korean nationalism. However, it is important to note that it is even more advantageous to come from chaebol stock as the foundational property holdings, business empire, political connections, and family reputation are altogether even more powerful in guaranteeing a high status, with better oppurtunity for further upward mobility, in the Korean social hierarchy. Television plays, Korean Philippines. Feminism on television. Women on television. Effeminacy Korea. Villareal, Corazon D. adviser. FI UP UPD DCAL LG 993.5 2016 C6 A43 Thesis