Blackpink queers your area : the global queerbaiting and queer fandom of K-pop female idols
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1033-1038 |
| Journal / Publication | Feminist Media Studies |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Online published | 28 Jul 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Abstract
This entry discusses the global queerbaiting and queer fannish discourses surrounding the K-pop girl band Blackpink. I examine some key moments in the music group’s tantalization of female same-sex intimacies and its global fans’ queer reading practices. My analysis shows that while queerbaiting encourages a global queering of the female idols, the contextual specificities of contemporary global K-pop industry facilitate a particular kind of queer fantasies that simultaneously contributes to a global LGBTQ visibility and the social policing of its idols’ (hetero-)sexual innocence and desirability.
Research Area(s)
- Female idols, global K-pop, heterosexuality, queer fandom, queerbaiting
Citation Format(s)
Blackpink queers your area: the global queerbaiting and queer fandom of K-pop female idols. / Zhao, Jamie J.
In: Feminist Media Studies, Vol. 21, No. 6, 2021, p. 1033-1038.
In: Feminist Media Studies, Vol. 21, No. 6, 2021, p. 1033-1038.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
