Is Netflix Riding the Korean Wave or Vice Versa?| Third-Space K-Drama: Netflix, Hallyu, and the Melodramatic Mundane

This article examines K-drama’s potential as a postcolonial Third Space. I consider the impact of Netflix’s profit-driven transculturalism on Hallyu by contrasting Netflix Korean Originals, particularly Squid Game, with K-dramas such as Liar Game. The latter belongs to an emergent mode of Korean TV...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	International Journal of Communication
Main Author:	Yin Yuan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	USC Annenberg Press 2023-11-01
Subjects:	K-drama Hallyu hybridity Netflix Squid Game
Online Access:	https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20724

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