We are delighted to announce the publication of the Autumn 2018 issue of Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context a SCOPUS-indexed journal published at Yonsei University.

Below is the table of contents for new issue (Vol. 11. No. 2), dedicated to the topic of “South Korea, Neoliberalism and its Discontents.” Abstracts and full texts are available at: situations.yonsei.ac.kr.

We welcome submission of scholarly articles or book reviews that make new contributions to the field of Asian Cultural Studies. Also, we also would like to invite you to be guest editors for a special issue of the Situations. If you are interested, please contact Terry Murphy (tmurphy@yonsei.ac.kr) and Suk Koo Rhee (skrhee@yonsei.ac.kr)

Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, Autumn 2018, Vol. 11. No. 2

“South Korea: Liberalism and Its Discontents.”

Themed Essays

Suk Koo Rhee
[Introduction] Korea: Neoliberalism, State Developmentalism,
and People Power

Keehyeung Lee and Kyong Ah Hwang
“Youth-at-Risk” and the Changing Role of Cultural Studies in South Korea

Angeliki katsurou
Notes on a Korean Scandal: The Blockbuster Social
Critique of Veteran

Seunghei Clara Hong
Mother/Whore: Prostituting Motherly Care in Neoliberal
South Korea

Kyoung-Suk Sung
“The Truth Shall Not Sink”: Korean Documentary Film and
the Fall of Park Geun-hye

Other Essays
Lisa M. Longenecker and Jooyoun Lee
The Korean Wave in America: Assessing the Status of
K-pop and K-drama between Global and Local

Review Articles

Zawami Ibrahim
Review of Norshahril Saat, The State,
Ulama and Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia
(B.V. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018)

Sherzod Muminov
Review of Hyun Gwi Park,
The Displacement of Borders among Russian Koreans
(Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017)