„Schönheit ist Macht“

Das Beispiel Lookism in Südkorea

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  • Eun-Jeung Lee

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v45i178.229

Keywords:

Lookism, Südkorea, Konfuzianismus, Macht

Abstract

South Korea is a country where plastic surgery industry has been a roaring success. Beauty has become a dominant norm. Why? Some people try to explain this phenomenon in terms of the traditional Confucian culture of self-cultivation. However, this cannot be correct, as in Confucian culture a neat look cannot be equated with beauty. However, the rising dominance of lookism since the 1990s can be better explained through the interaction of pressures emanating from the labour market, of entertainment business, of the business strategies of medical industry and of economic policies of the government.

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Published

2015-01-01

How to Cite

Lee, E.-J. (2015). „Schönheit ist Macht“: Das Beispiel Lookism in Südkorea. PROKLA. Journal of Critical Social Science, 45(178), 67 – 82. https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v45i178.229

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