Most of my time in preparation for the next class was spent preparing for my presentation. In the beginning, I was scrambling a bit because, after the annotated bibliographies, I changed my claim, slightly changing the type of articles that I was searching for. I ended up changing my claim to explore the relationship between the South Korean tattoo industry and K-pop idols instead of with self expression and identity. This topic came a lot easier to me considering my interest in both Korean tattoos and entertainment culture. I am a bit worried because as I was doing my research, I found myself encroached in trying to prove my points through other areas of study, but in the end I think I am pretty happy with what I was able to achieve. More into the topic of my presentation, I think it was definitely interesting to try and find the connections between K-pop idols and tattoos in South Korea. One of the things that ended up being mentioned the most was parasocial relationships. I was always aware of, what I call, the twisted relationship between a K-pop idol and fan, but doing research for my paper really made me realize how those relationships can push someone into doing a lot of things, even getting a tattoo. For instance, if a K-pop idol can convince their fans to get plastic surgery, who’s to say that they can’t convince their fans to get tattoos which can be seen as just another form of body modification. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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