Female Idols in East Asia from the Perspective of Feminism
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DOI: 10.23977/adcs.2019.123
Corresponding Author
Chuqi Huang
ABSTRACT
In recent years, people have gradually begun to pay attention to the development of idol industry. Idols, as the objects chased after by teenagers, need to shoulder the responsibility of public figures and play a guiding role for fans. Based on the prosperous female idol industry in East Asia, this thesis expounds the images of female idols in China, Japan and South Korea, and analyzes their historical background, the degree of the rise of female consciousness and their limitations. It is believed that with continuous development and improvement of the industry as well as the growing female movement in the world, the leading role of female idols for ordinary women will be more and more obvious.
KEYWORDS
Feminism, East Asian female idols, female consciousness