"BL" (boy love), "GL" (girl love) and female communities of practice and affect in South Korea

Pužar, Aljoša (author)

The main purpose of this article is to trace the destiny of the homoerotic narrative genres of BL (Boy Love) and GL (Girl Love) in the South Korean context and, more precisely, to determine the impact of this family of genres on South Korean gendered reality. The paper presents an overview and a small selection of ethnographic voices related to the genres while trying to understand the specific local conditions of the production and consumption that have ensured BL and GL have had a lasting influence in South Korea among pop-cultural audiences and female creators.

• Language: English
• Keywords: boy love, girl love, community of practice, community of affect, South Korea
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.06.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 63-84
• Numbering: [Letn.] 39, [št.] 102
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-147134
• UDC: 39:[821.531(519.5):177.6-055.34]
• ISSN on article: 0352-3608
• DOI: 10.51936/dr.39.102.63-84
• COBISS.SI-ID: 151264515
• Publication date in RUL: 23.06.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Družboslovne razprave
• Shortened title: Družbosl. razpr.
• Publisher: Slovensko sociološko društvo, Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0352-3608
• COBISS.SI-ID: 7530242

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: "BL" (boy love), "GL" (girl love) ter ženske skupnosti prakse in afekta v Južni Koreji

Abstract

Glavni namen članka je izslediti usodo homoerotičnih pripovednih žanrov BL »Boy love« (»fantovska ljubezen«) in GL »Girl love« (»dekliška ljubezen«) v južnokorejskem kontekstu ter, natančneje, ugotoviti vpliv te družine žanrov na južnokorejsko družbenospolno realnost. Prispevek bo predstavil pregled in majhen izbor etnografskih glasov, povezanih z žanri, pri tem pa poskusil razumeti posebne lokalne pogoje produkcije in potrošnje, ki so prispevali k vplivu BL in GL v Južni Koreji med popkulturnim občinstvom in ustvarjalkami.

• Keywords: fantovska ljubezen, dekliška ljubezen, skupnost prakse, skupnost afekta, Južna Koreja