Gender Politics in Food Escape: Korean Masculinity in TV Cooking Shows in South Korea

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Abstract

TV cooking shows have gained immense popularity in South Korea in the last few years. In these shows, male chefs and foodies play a crucial role in providing audiences with a space of domestic comfort in the midst of the intensely competitive and demanding social reality. This chapter examines some of the most popular cooking shows to explore how the image of caring, comforting, and resourceful culinary masculinity in fact reinforces the existing gender norms and hierarchy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGender and Food in Transnational East Asias
Subtitle of host publicationToward a New Dialogue across Boundaries
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Pages145-162
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781978791978
ISBN (Print)9781793623546
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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