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@article{ART003011508},
author={YEO, Mun Ju},
title={Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2023},
volume={70},
pages={177-200},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177}

TY - JOUR
AU - YEO, Mun Ju
TI - Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2023
VL - 70
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 177
EP - 200
SN - 1598-0685
AB - This paper examines how new perceptions and discourses on photography emerged within the theoretical framework of Minjung Art’s contemporary texts. If the 1970s exposed only the mass culture allowed under the control of fascist totalitarianism, the 1980s marked an era of ‘image excess’ disseminated by mass media as fascism receded into the background and full integration into the consumer capitalist world order occurred. This radical shift in visual culture profoundly influenced the contemporary art’s perspective on photography. Photography, which shares a specific plastic language with art in terms of aesthetics, occupies a unique position, serves as both a key ideological medium that shapes a new visual culture environment and a medium that reveals hidden realities. This paper, as an ideological foundation for understanding the aesthetic positions and attitudes of the time towards the transformed reality of visual culture, examines various Western theories of photography as it was introduced in Korea during that period. It analyzes how these theories were embraced, with a special emphasis on the reception and influence of Benjamin’s theory that played a prominent role in shaping perceptions of the relationship among art, media, and reality within the photographic discourse.
KW - Minjung Art;Critical Realism;Photography;Mass Media;Media Aesthetics;Walter Benjamin
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177
ER -

YEO, Mun Ju. (2023). Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s. Cross-Cultural Studies, 70, 177-200.

YEO, Mun Ju. 2023, "Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.70, pp.177-200. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177

YEO, Mun Ju "Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s" Cross-Cultural Studies 70 pp.177-200 (2023) : 177.

YEO, Mun Ju. Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s. 2023; 70 177-200. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177

YEO, Mun Ju. "Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s" Cross-Cultural Studies 70(2023) : 177-200.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177

YEO, Mun Ju. Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s. Cross-Cultural Studies, 70, 177-200. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177

YEO, Mun Ju. Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2023; 70 177-200. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177

YEO, Mun Ju. Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s. 2023; 70 177-200. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177

YEO, Mun Ju. "Benjamin’s Media Aesthetics and the Formation of Photographic Discourse in Critical Realism of the 1980s" Cross-Cultural Studies 70(2023) : 177-200.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2023.70..177