Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-Dramas
This article explores the representation of an older female adult (OFA) in the Korean drama Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon. While scholarship on OFA has revealed their lack of positive representation—resulting in multifarious detriments—literature on OFA in K-drama is considerably scanty. Hence, this ar...
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| description | This article explores the representation of an older female adult (OFA) in the Korean drama Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon. While scholarship on OFA has revealed their lack of positive representation—resulting in multifarious detriments—literature on OFA in K-drama is considerably scanty. Hence, this article employs content analysis, focusing on one of the protagonists, Gil Jung-Gan. Additionally, to enrich the discussion, industrial analysis was also carried out. The critical discussion focuses on three major aspects: 1) the feminist perspective influencing the K-drama industry, 2) principles of agentive and powerful OFA character, and 3) beauty and successful aging discourse. This article argues that the positive representation of Gil Jung-Gan is the manifestation of the progressive movement and influence of local and global feminism, which can be traced through the fulfillment of the majority of the principles. Additionally, the series incorporates successful aging discourse to represent Gil Jung-Gan as an agentive and non-traditional OFA, which is achieved mainly by physical appearance and social engagement. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5159d8d1b7994be2bda5e7138c589db12025-01-09T06:28:42ZengPetra Christian UniversityK@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature1411-26392024-12-0126212113410.9744/kata.26.2.121-134Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-DramasYuliyanto Chandra0Widya Mandala Catholic UniversityThis article explores the representation of an older female adult (OFA) in the Korean drama Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon. While scholarship on OFA has revealed their lack of positive representation—resulting in multifarious detriments—literature on OFA in K-drama is considerably scanty. Hence, this article employs content analysis, focusing on one of the protagonists, Gil Jung-Gan. Additionally, to enrich the discussion, industrial analysis was also carried out. The critical discussion focuses on three major aspects: 1) the feminist perspective influencing the K-drama industry, 2) principles of agentive and powerful OFA character, and 3) beauty and successful aging discourse. This article argues that the positive representation of Gil Jung-Gan is the manifestation of the progressive movement and influence of local and global feminism, which can be traced through the fulfillment of the majority of the principles. Additionally, the series incorporates successful aging discourse to represent Gil Jung-Gan as an agentive and non-traditional OFA, which is achieved mainly by physical appearance and social engagement.gendered ageismkorean dramarepresentationofa |
| spellingShingle | Yuliyanto Chandra Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-Dramas K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature gendered ageism korean drama representation ofa |
| title | Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-Dramas |
| title_full | Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-Dramas |
| title_fullStr | Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-Dramas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-Dramas |
| title_short | Agentive and Independent Older Female Adult in Strong Woman Gang Nam-Soon: Going Against Prevalent Gendered Ageism in K-Dramas |
| title_sort | agentive and independent older female adult in strong woman gang nam soon going against prevalent gendered ageism in k dramas |
| topic | gendered ageism korean drama representation ofa |
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