[KS] Announcing the third issue of MENT, a Korean pop culture publication bridging the gap between scholarly and fan discourse

[Yin Yuan]

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the print release of MENT Issue 003, a Korean
pop culture publication that bridges the gap between scholarly and fan
discourse. This new issue brings together media studies scholars, labor
organizers, film critics, cultural workers, fans, and diasporic voices to
examine how bodies on screens and behind the scenes are organized,
disciplined, extracted, or otherwise made legible within contemporary media
ecologies.

Beginning with *KPop Demon Hunters,* Issue 003 examines what the film’s
animated idol bodies reveal about the neoliberal modularity of our present
moment. Going beyond where the film leaves off, the pieces in this issue
insist on the need to attend to bodies that are injured, absent, laboring,
resistant, or otherwise difficult to subsume under fantasies of seamless
performance.

Table of Contents for Issue 003:

*Statement*

Yin Yuan and Andrea Acosta, “After *KPop Demon Hunters*: Bodies, Screens,
and Resistance”

*Appointments*

“The Whole Internet Is Fandom Now”: An Interview with Abigail De Kosnik

“An Injury to One Is an Injury to All”: Labor Organizing and Fandom with
Katie Doan

*Arguments*

Robyn Hope, “Glitches in the Dancing Machine: Presences and Absences in
K-Pop Choreography”

Hyejoo Lee, “Into the NewJeans-Verse: ‘You and Me’ in a Digital World”

Irene Bakola, “You’re in the ARMY Now: K-Pop and the Military-Industrial
Complex”

Ethan J. Rosenberg, “Stay A While: On Lee Chang-dong’s Pursuit of a Moral
Style for the 21st Century”

*Attachments*

연조, “Heritance”

Christina Ferraro, “‘Hello, Future!’: The Legacy of Nam June Paik in K-Pop
Visuals”

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More information about Issue 003, including how to order the print issue,
can be found here
<https://www.mentmagazine.com/store/p/ment-issue-003-pre-order>. Questions
can be directed to Dr. Yin Yuan at yy8 at stmarys-ca.edu or
editors at mentmagazine.com

Thank you!

Best,
Yin Yuan
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