{"product_id":"finding-mr-perfect-k-drama-pop-culture-romance-and-race-paperback-softback-9781978841567","title":"Finding Mr. Perfect; K-Drama, Pop Culture, Romance, and Race (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978841567","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFinding Mr. Perfect\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eK-Drama, Pop Culture, Romance, and Race\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMin Joo Lee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978841567\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e226 pages, 15 color images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding Mr. Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e explores the romantic relationships between Korean men and women who were inspired by romantic Korean televisual depictions of Korean masculinity to travel to Korea as tourists. Author Min Joo Lee argues that disparate racialized erotic desires of Korean pop culture fans, foreign tourists to Korea, Korean men, and the Korean nation converge to configure the interracial and transnational relationships between these tourists and Korean men. Lee observes how racial prejudices are developed and manifested through interracial and transnational intimate desires and encounters. This book is the first to examine the interracial relationships between Hallyu tourists and Korean men. Furthermore, it is the first to analyze Korea as a popular romance tourist destination for heterosexual women. \u003ci\u003eFinding Mr. Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates South Korean popular culture’s transnational fandom and tourism as a global phenomenon where fantasies and realities converge to have a tangible impact on individual lives.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mouth Agape and Ecstatically Screaming: National Media and Industry Personnel’\u003cbr\u003es Conception of Foreign Hallyu Fans\u003cbr\u003e 2. Romance and Masculinity in Korean Television Dramas\u003cbr\u003e 3. Digitalized Intimacies of Hallyu\u003cbr\u003e 4. “\u003cbr\u003eKorean Men are So Bad Because They Are Perfect”\u003cbr\u003e: Hallyu Tourists’\u003cbr\u003e Experiences in Korea\u003cbr\u003e 5. “\u003cbr\u003eHow Can We Compete with Men Like That?”\u003cbr\u003e: Korean Men’\u003cbr\u003es Perception of Their New-Found Popularity\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734616469784,"sku":"9781978841567","price":20.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/finding-mr-perfect-k-drama-pop-culture-romance-and-race-paperback-softback-9781978841567","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}