The Disturbing Trope of "Incest Romance" in East Asian media

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This is a video essay exploring why quasi-incest romance, (between step-families) is popular on East Asian media. Or in other words, why East Asian audiences embrace this type of borderline incestuous romance plots in films and TV shows. It looks from the cultural and psychological perspective.

References: (formatted alphabetically in Chicago-style):

Agishtein, Peryl, and Claudia Brumbaugh. “Cultural Variation in Adult Attachment: The Impact of Ethnicity, Collectivism, and Country of Origin.” Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology 7, no. 4 (2013): 384–405. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0099181

Hoenicka, Maria Alejandra Koeneke, Oscar López-de-la-Nieta, José Luis Martínez Rubio, Kazuyuki Shinohara, Michelle Jin Yee Neoh, Dagmara Dimitriou, and Gianluca Esposito. “Parental Bonding in Retrospect and Adult Attachment Style: A Comparative Study between Spanish, Italian and Japanese Cultures.” PLOS ONE 17, no. 12 (2022): e0278185. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....

Lee, Hansi. “In Korea, Adoptees Fight to Change Culture That Sent Them Overseas.” NPR, September 9, 2014. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswit...


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