"Boys Like Smart Girls More than Pretty Girls": Young Korean Immigrant Girls' Understanding of Romantic Love in American Popular Culture

Autor/in	Lee, Lena
Titel	"Boys Like Smart Girls More than Pretty Girls": Young Korean Immigrant Girls' Understanding of Romantic Love in American Popular Culture
Quelle	In: Journal of Instructional Psychology, 36 (2009) 1, S.87-94 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-1956
Schlagwörter	Popular Culture; Females; Intimacy; Interpersonal Attraction; Cultural Context; Immigrants; Young Children; Research Needs; Korean Americans; Films; Individual Characteristics; Stereotypes; Social Attitudes; Aesthetics; Asian Culture; Cultural Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Popkultur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Intimität; Interpersonale Anziehung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Frühe Kindheit; Forschungsbedarf; Film; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Klischee; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Ästhetik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	Despite the importance of understanding children's interpretations of popular culture in the United States, young children's voices have not been sufficiently explored in studies. Moreover, the perspectives of American immigrant children hardly have a presence in studies of popular culture. Thus, this paper explores how young immigrant children perceive American popular culture by focusing on young Korean immigrant girls' understanding of romantic love in Disney films. In order to do this, the paper discusses two major characteristics they considered important for love--namely, being nice and being intelligent. It also investigates their perspectives on physical attractiveness, which was not seen as significant for love. Then, it reflects the Korean cultural context by connecting it to the girls' responses about the importance of being intelligent. Finally, this paper provides some suggestions for future research. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10