Banal Security Queer Korea in the Time of Viruses

• Main Author: Gitzen, Timothy (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Helsinki Helsinki University Press 2023
• Series: AHEAD: Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Subjects: East & Southeast Asian languages; Anthropology; Gender studies: women; International economics; Political science & theory; Sociology; Security measures; National security; Discrimination; LGBTQ+ rights; Queer activism; South Korea
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The decades-long fear of South Korean national destruction has routinized national security and the sense of threat. In present day South Korea, national security includes not only war and the military, but national unity, public health, and the family. As a result, queer Koreans have become a targe...