Viral imperialism: outbreaks in South Korean film.
This article traces the influence of colonialism in South Korean viral outbreak films. It specifically interrogates the pathways viruses travel—from the Global South to the Global North—how such travel happens along colonial routes, and how such travel lays bare postcolonial conflicts between South...
| Publicado en: | Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 422 - 439 |
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Jun2025
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