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@article{ART002686255},
author={Youngjae Yi},
title={Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection},
journal={Journal of Popular Narrative},
issn={1738-3188},
year={2021},
volume={27},
number={1},
pages={301-338},
doi={10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008}

TY - JOUR
AU - Youngjae Yi
TI - Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection
JO - Journal of Popular Narrative
PY - 2021
VL - 27
IS - 1
PB - The Association of Popular Narrative
SP - 301
EP - 338
SN - 1738-3188
AB - John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow arrived at the turning point of Korean society between 1987 and 1988. The Hong Kong movie boom that started here reached its peak around the 1990s. What does this phenomenon mean? Hong Kong action films have functioned as an important resource for Korean young male subculture since the late 1960s. The audience of A Better Tomorrow matches the audience of previous Hong Kong films in a generational and gendered way. The fascination of Hong Kong action films by young Korean men from 1987 to 1991 has nothing to do with Hong Kong’s political context. However, a certain affect is shared between Korean and Hong Kong audiences. It could be said to be the brotherhood within the struggling group. The affective economies of this fraternity embodies the broad solidarity of 1987, the solidarity of comrades seeking to resist the violence of the world. It also works on symbolic and practical gender bias. In other words, this loyalty is nothing but loyalty between the (male) brothers who are confronting the injustice of the world. This is the “translational possibility” of A Better Tomorrow.
KW - A Better Tomorrow;1987;Counter-violence;brotherhood;male subculture;Hong Kong action films
DO - 10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008
ER -

Youngjae Yi. (2021). Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection. Journal of Popular Narrative, 27(1), 301-338.

Youngjae Yi. 2021, "Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection", Journal of Popular Narrative, vol.27, no.1 pp.301-338. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008

Youngjae Yi "Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection" Journal of Popular Narrative 27.1 pp.301-338 (2021) : 301.

Youngjae Yi. Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection. 2021; 27(1), 301-338. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008

Youngjae Yi. "Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection" Journal of Popular Narrative 27, no.1 (2021) : 301-338.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008

Youngjae Yi. Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection. Journal of Popular Narrative, 27(1), 301-338. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008

Youngjae Yi. Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection. Journal of Popular Narrative. 2021; 27(1) 301-338. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008

Youngjae Yi. Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection. 2021; 27(1), 301-338. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008

Youngjae Yi. "Romanticism of Brotherhood, Affect of 1987—A Better Tomorrow and Hong Kong-Korea Connection" Journal of Popular Narrative 27, no.1 (2021) : 301-338.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2021.27.1.008