Imagining an Asian American Superhero of North Korean Origin: A Design Fiction ...

• Main Author: Chu, Seo-Young
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Humanities Commons 2021
• Subjects: Korea; Asian Americans > Study and teaching; Asian Americans; Science fiction; Marvel; white fox
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17613/gnjn-9q42; https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:46227/

My talk, a thought-experimental blend of literary criticism and speculative “design fiction,” will introduce you to an Asian American superhero of North Korean origin. In this science-fictional superhero, whom I have tentatively named “구름”/”☁️”/“Ku-reum,” Korea’s elusive realities coalesce into legi...