@article{ART003268482},
author={KIM JUNG EUN},
title={Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2025},
number={78},
pages={271-291},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010}
TY - JOUR
AU - KIM JUNG EUN
TI - Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 78
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 271
EP - 291
SN - 1738-0502
AB - This study examines how female stars in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s were received in Korea, and investigates the ways in which these stars influenced Korean popular culture and fandom culture as a pre-history of the Korean Wave (Hallyu). Focusing particularly on three major actresses active in Hong Kong cinema during this period—Joey Wong, Brigitte Lin, and Chingmy Yau—the study analyzes the images and symbols they constructed and explores the impact they had on Korean popular culture and fandom practices.
The female characters portrayed by Wong, Lin, and Yau in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s broke away from earlier traditional and passive representations of women. Instead, they embodied autonomous and active characters that helped shape new social perceptions of female roles. This shift carries sociocultural significance, as it contributed to later transformations of female characters in Korean popular cultural content and to the diversification of fandom culture.
KW - Cantonese pop;Hong Kong films;female stars;fandom culture;Korean Wave (Hallyu)
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
ER -
KIM JUNG EUN. (2025). Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 78, 271-291.
KIM JUNG EUN. 2025, "Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.78, pp.271-291. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
KIM JUNG EUN "Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 78 pp.271-291 (2025) : 271.
KIM JUNG EUN. Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s. 2025; 78 : 271-291. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
KIM JUNG EUN. "Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.78(2025) : 271-291.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
KIM JUNG EUN. Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 78, 271-291. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
KIM JUNG EUN. Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2025; 78 271-291. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
KIM JUNG EUN. Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s. 2025; 78 : 271-291. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
KIM JUNG EUN. "Cantonese Pop, Korean Popular Culture, and Fandom―The Reception of Hong Kong Female Stars in Korea during the 1980s and 1990s" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.78(2025) : 271-291.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..78.010
