Youngmin Choe

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email youngmij@usc.edu Office THH 356N Office Phone (213) 821-4807

Research & Practice Areas

Korean Film and Visual Culture; East Asian Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Tourism Studies; Affect

PostDoctoral Appointments

Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2008-2009
Research Keywords

Korean Film and Culture; Contemporary East Asian Visual Culture; Trans-Asian Cinema; Tourism Studies; Cultural Studies
Book

Choe, Y. (2016). Tourist Distractions: Traveling and Feeling in Transnational Hallyu Cinema. Durham: Duke University Press.

(2014). The Korean Popular Culture Reader. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.

Book Chapter

Choe, Y. (2008). “Affective Sites: Hur Jin-ho’s Cinema and Film-induced Tourism in Korea.” In Asia on Tour: Exploring the Rise of Asian Tourism. pp. 109-126. London, New York: Routledge.

Journal Article

Choe, Y. (2018). “Chaebol Affect: Emotional Capital and the Interiority of Wealth in Im Sang-soo’s The Housemaid and The Taste of Money”. 4 pp. 25-46.Cinema Journal. Vol. 57 (4),

Choe, Y. (2015). Double Longing: The Return Home in South Korean Women’s Documentaries. 2 Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema. Vol. 7 (2),

Choe, Y. (2013). “Postmemory DMZ in South Korean Cinema, 1999–2003”. No 2 The Journal of Korean Studies. Vol. Volume 18 (No 2),

Choe, Y. (2010). “Transitional Emotions: Boredom and Distraction in Hong Sang-su’s Holiday Films”. Honolulu: Korean Studies (University of Hawaii Press). Vol. 33,