{"product_id":"finding-mr-perfect-min-joo-lee-9781978841567","title":"Finding Mr. Perfect: K-Drama, Pop Culture, Romance, and Race","description":"\u003ci\u003eFinding Mr. Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e explores the romantic relationships between Korean men and women who were inspired by romantic Korean televisual depictions of Korean masculinity to travel to Korea as tourists. Author Min Joo Lee argues that disparate racialized erotic desires of Korean pop culture fans, foreign tourists to Korea, Korean men, and the Korean nation converge to configure the interracial and transnational relationships between these tourists and Korean men. Lee observes how racial prejudices are developed and manifested through interracial and transnational intimate desires and encounters. This book is the first to examine the interracial relationships between Hallyu tourists and Korean men. Furthermore, it is the first to analyze Korea as a popular romance tourist destination for heterosexual women. \u003ci\u003eFinding Mr. Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates South Korean popular culture's transnational fandom and tourism as a global phenomenon where fantasies and realities converge to have a tangible impact on individual lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Min Joo Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978841566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978841567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Min Joo Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087722430719,"sku":"9781978841567","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed34a5dd-52de-49fb-bf0c-aba40a86f221.jpg?v=1753850605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-mr-perfect-min-joo-lee-9781978841567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}