근대의 남성상, 남성상의 근대 -한국 근대 시각매체의 남성 이미지 연구-

Abstract

This study examined the modern visual culture and Korean modern times and modernity with the emergence and change of a new male image that served as the subject of modern society. The male image in modern visual media is a representation of modern people with the fundamental concept and design of the modern times because it is a figure that shows the ideals and civilization pursued by modern times. The reconstruction of modern times through the changing tendency of the image can be work to clarify the standards of ideals and civilization pursued by modern times, and furthermore, to grasp the modernization aspect of Joseon. The images of boys and young people, ideal male images who learn about modernity and represent the values of the times, and modern boys born in consumer culture, appeared in new media of modern times, such as newspapers, illustrations, advertisements, movies, etc. They are categorized as new male images in modern times and are transformed in various ways in the ideals of the times and colonial reality. With these new male images that have emerged in modern times, civilization and modernization of modern times are promoted in earnest, and the role and male image orientation assigned to men, and the social and contemporary purpose that created and highlighted them can be visually read.