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. 

We would also 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)