Is love universal?
Love makes the world go ’round, but does it also go around the world? How do portrayals of love in various cultures allow us to explore our own? Eric Selinger, an English professor at DePaul University, speaks about his experiences as a scholar of popular romance. What international films, books, shows, or songs have changed how you think about love [...]
Where is the love?
Korean television dramas (K-dramas) rarely present a straightforward romance. They are often driven by convoluted courtships where likeable couples spend the series overcoming obstacles in order to eventually embark on an uplifting relationship. In My Lovely Samsoon, for example, the romance slowly develops between a “chubby,” down-on-her luck baker with an old-fashioned name (“Samsoon” has the ring of “Gertrude” or [...]
