2세대 아이돌의 순응적 몸 연구

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore the bodies of second-generation K-pop idols, who have internalized power relationships in the forms of regulated bodies, disciplined bodies and represented bodies. The sexual discourses enacted by second-generation idols’ agency present a wide spectrum of body possibilities. This spectrum has been created by systematic institutional actions that have made the bodies of the second-generation idols into docile bodies. In the power relationship, docile bodies represent synchronized performance enacted through the media. This paper examines how power is internalized in the bodies of the second-generation idols to create docile bodies and how docile bodies are represented in dance performance. To explore the power relationship of docile bodies, this paper applies Michel Foucault’s theory of power to analyze the reality program of Girls’ Generation.