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There is no South Korea in South Korean Cultural Studies: Beyond the Colonial Condition of Knowledge Production

Seoul National University.

This study examines the colonial condition of cultural studies in South Korea that has brought this new stream of thought to both the social sciences and the humanities. This review of South Korean cultural studies provides not only a critique but also reflects on why cultural studies are needed in the twenty-first century. Furthermore, this study will focus on the ways in which South Korean cultural studies has adopted, appropriated, and utilized Western theories of cultural studies since the late 1980s.

Key Words: cultural studies • postcolonialism • knowledge production • critique • South Korea

Journal of Communication Inquiry, Vol. 28, No. 3, 253-268 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0196859904264688


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