TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jin, Dal Yong
JF  - Javnost-The Public
TI  - Critical Interpretation of Hybridisation in Korean Cinema: Does the Local Film Industry Create “The Third Space”?
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
PY  - 2010
SN  - 1854-8377
PB  - EURICOM
UR  - https://javnost-thepublic.org/article/2010/1/4/
N2  - This paper examines the fundamental assumptions
of the concept of cultural hybridity in understanding the
swift growth of Korean popular culture, especially films. It
investigates whether hybridity, as a cultural globalization
perspective, has generated new possible cultures, which
are free from western dominance, by analyzing the hybridised
Korean fi lms. Unlike previous studies emphasising
the crucial role of hybridisation in creating the third space,
this paper empirically argues that the hybridisation process
of the local popular culture is heavily infl uenced by Western
norms and formats, and newly created local cultural
products are rather representing Western culture, instead
of unique local culture. It fi nally discusses the reasons why
hybridity cannot adequately explain local cultures and
identify some issues we have to consider in employing
hybridity in interpreting globalisation.
U1  - Print ISSN: 1318-3222
ER  -