Abstract
Latin America was, and still is, the most “Far West” (with a question mark in “West”) region for South Koreans. There have been no significant sociocultural exchanges/encounters between Latin America and South Korea that could evoke a “collective memory.” The wide void of knowledge about Latin America has been easily filled by the global cultural powerhouse that is U.S. media. In this context, the salience of Latin America(ns) in the Korean media productions since 2010 deserves more scholarly attention to examine the images and cultural identities of Latin America(ns). This article examines the two travel-entertainment shows that have most impacted on Koreans’ understanding of Latin America(ns): Youth Over Flowers (2014) filmed in Peru and Welcome, First Time in Korea? (2017) with Mexican travelers.
Our ways of making the Other are ways of making ourselves.
—Fabian, 1990: 756
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Television subtitling is a very common practice used, particularly in Korean variety entertainment shows and talk shows. Unlike the general use of subtitling from a foreign language to the target language, this form of subtitling is used for humorous effects, to both highlight and summarize (non)verbal content mostly in the same language. (for more information, see Park, 2009).
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Kim, M.S. (2020). Korean Reality Television-Travel Shows in Constructing Latin American Cultural Identities (2010–Present). In: Lu, J., Camps, M. (eds) Transpacific Literary and Cultural Connections. Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55773-7_7
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