@article{ART002472000},
author={Kim, Kyunghwa and Ko, Bong-mann},
title={Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －},
journal={Journal of Humanities},
issn={1598-8457},
year={2019},
number={73},
pages={101-133},
doi={10.31310/HUM.073.04}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Kyunghwa
AU - Ko, Bong-mann
TI - Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －
JO - Journal of Humanities
PY - 2019
VL - null
IS - 73
PB - Institute for Humanities
SP - 101
EP - 133
SN - 1598-8457
AB - The aim of the paper is to explore a new perspective on the elderly in a Korean comic book Nabillera, published in 2017, in the light of humanistic gerontology. We also examined the trends in gerontology studies in the West and raised the need for the development of a new methodology of aging studies that can reflect the dynamic changes in Korean society. After determining a brief history of aging studies of the modern West, we explained the recent definitions of humanistic gerontology, and then analyzed how Deok-chul, the main character of Nabillera, grows up to search for the self-identity through the “narratives of becoming”. The narratives of becoming, coined by Hanne Laceulle, is a term serving as a prelude to the idea of self-realization. According to her, human beings answer the question who they are by telling the stories about themselves. Stories are thus granted a constitutive function in personal identities.
Researchers of humanistic gerontology regard the elderly as the co-equal members of society not as social refugees, criticizing that mainstream gerontology doesn’t ask the fundamental questions of human existence. They suggest that older age needs to be explored without losing sight of the individual persons concerned. Humanistic gerontology is in a process that is yet to be fully established as a theory. This study helps expand humanistic gerontology to be a comprehensive and accurate theory through the analysis of Nabillera, the struggle for affirmation in old age.
KW - Humanistic gerontology;Korean comics;‘narratives of becoming’;self-realization
DO - 10.31310/HUM.073.04
ER -
Kim, Kyunghwa and Ko, Bong-mann. (2019). Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －. Journal of Humanities, 73, 101-133.
Kim, Kyunghwa and Ko, Bong-mann. 2019, "Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －", Journal of Humanities, no.73, pp.101-133. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.073.04
Kim, Kyunghwa, Ko, Bong-mann "Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －" Journal of Humanities 73 pp.101-133 (2019) : 101.
Kim, Kyunghwa, Ko, Bong-mann. Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －. 2019; 73 : 101-133. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.073.04
Kim, Kyunghwa and Ko, Bong-mann. "Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －" Journal of Humanities no.73(2019) : 101-133.doi: 10.31310/HUM.073.04
Kim, Kyunghwa; Ko, Bong-mann. Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －. Journal of Humanities, 73, 101-133. doi: 10.31310/HUM.073.04
Kim, Kyunghwa; Ko, Bong-mann. Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －. Journal of Humanities. 2019; 73 101-133. doi: 10.31310/HUM.073.04
Kim, Kyunghwa, Ko, Bong-mann. Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －. 2019; 73 : 101-133. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.073.04
Kim, Kyunghwa and Ko, Bong-mann. "Nabilera Reilluminated from the Perspective of Humanistic Gerontology － New Views on Aging Represented in Korean Comic Books －" Journal of Humanities no.73(2019) : 101-133.doi: 10.31310/HUM.073.04
