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@article{ART002813506},
author={Chung Young Kwon},
title={From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2022},
volume={65},
pages={37-78},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37}

TY - JOUR
AU - Chung Young Kwon
TI - From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2022
VL - 65
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 37
EP - 78
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This study focuses on the transition process and articulation between romantic comedy, gangster film, and male melodrama from 1992 to 2000, around the IMF era, in terms of class, gender, and generation. The middle-class lifestyle which can be traced from the late 1980s in South Korea was represented in romantic comedy since 1992. In the meantime, the gangster films which have enjoyed the cycles since 1994 displayed the desire to move up in social class. However, since 1997, this tendency has been associated with the death of men for women or family members they loved, creating the mood of regret and nostalgia. In other words, melodrama substituted romantic comedy and became the male melodrama by connecting with the gangster films. The male melodrama in the IMF era represented the rural utopia that the Korean middle class desired, but men in these films could not have the will of the reproduction of nuclear family. This showed that the Korean male melodrama faced the impossibility of producing the next generation while it regressed toward regret and nostalgia. This also indicated the process of middle-class collapse.
KW - Male Melodrama;Romantic Comedy;Gangster Film;Class;Gender;Generation
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37
ER -

Chung Young Kwon. (2022). From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation. Cross-Cultural Studies, 65, 37-78.

Chung Young Kwon. 2022, "From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.65, pp.37-78. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37

Chung Young Kwon "From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation" Cross-Cultural Studies 65 pp.37-78 (2022) : 37.

Chung Young Kwon. From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation. 2022; 65 37-78. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37

Chung Young Kwon. "From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation" Cross-Cultural Studies 65(2022) : 37-78.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37

Chung Young Kwon. From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation. Cross-Cultural Studies, 65, 37-78. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37

Chung Young Kwon. From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2022; 65 37-78. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37

Chung Young Kwon. From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation. 2022; 65 37-78. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37

Chung Young Kwon. "From Romantic Comedy, Gangster Film to Male Melodrama, 1992-2000 -The Changes of Film Cycles and the Questions of Class, Gender and Generation" Cross-Cultural Studies 65(2022) : 37-78.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2022.65..37