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

• Main Author: Seo-Young Chu
• Language: English
• Published: Sungkyunkwan 2021
• Subjects: 1206434:Korea:geographic; 818669:Asian Americans > Study and teaching:topical; 818620:Asian Americans:topical; 1108566:Science fiction:topical; Marvel; white fox
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17613/gnjn-9q42

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...