Research Interests
Representation of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and national identity in Korean media and popular culture
Education
Ph.D., Communication, University of Southern California
M.A., Professional Writing, Ewha Womans University
B.A., English Language & Literature, Ewha Womans University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Assistant Professor, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Recent Publications
Song, M-S. (2022). "Truth? No One Cares about the Truth": On Marginalized Identities and Belonging in The Bacchus Lady. In D. C. Oh (Ed.), Mediating the South Korean Other: Representations and Discourses of Difference in the Post/Neocolonial Nation-State (pp. 123-140). (Perspectives on Contemporary Korea). University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11938487
Song, M. S. (2022). Yes or Next: A Feminist’s Journey of Matchmaking in South Korea. Feminist Review, 131(1), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/01417789221102507
Song, M-S. (2021). Ahn, J.-H. (2018). Mixed-Race Politics and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in South Korean Media. Palgrave Macmillan. Asian Communication Research, 18(3), 188-191. https://doi.org/10.20879/acr.2021.18.3.188
Song, M. S. (2019). Cooking love in Asia: Food, belonging and the making of a multicultural family on Korean film and television. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 15(2), 197-211. https://doi.org/10.1386/macp.15.2.197_1
Song, M-S. (2019). Hanguk Hip Hop: Global Rap in South Korea. (East Asian Popular Culture). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15697-8