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The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

Overview

The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. This study examines cultural production and consumption, glocalization, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137350275
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 02/20/2014
Edition description: 2014
Pages: 243
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Crystal S. Anderson, Elon University, USA Young Eun Chae, University of Chicago, USA Hyejung Ju, Claflin University, USA Jennifer Jung-Kim, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Claire Seungeun Lee, National University of Singapore Chuyun Oh, University of Texas at Austin, USA Myoung-Sun Song, University of Southern California, USA Sherri L. Ter Molen, Wayne State University, USA John Walsh, Shinawatra University, Thailand

Table of Contents

Introduction; Yasue Kuwahara PART I: PRODUCTION 1. Hallyu as a Government Construct: The Korean Wave in the Context of Economic and Social Development; John Walsh 2. Transformations of Korean Media Industries by the Korean Wave: The Perspective of Glocalization; Hyejung Ju 3. The Politics of the Dancing Body: Racialized and Gendered Femininity in Korean Pop; Chuyun Oh PART II: GLOCALIZATION 4. My Sassy Girl Goes Around the World; Jennifer Jung-Kim 5. 'Gangnam Style' as Format: When a Localized Korean Song Meets a Global Audience; Claire Seungeun Lee and Yasue Kuwahara 6. That's My Man!: Overlapping Masculinities in Korean Popular Music; Crystal S. Anderson 7. The S(e)oul of Hip-Hop: Locating Space and Identity in Korean Rap; Myoung-Sun Song 8. A Cultural Imperialistic Homecoming: The Korean Wave Reaches the United States; Sherri L. Ter Molen PART III: CONSUMPTION 9. Winter Sonata and Yonsama, Ideal Love and Masculinity: Nostalgic Desire and Colonial Memory; Young Eun Chae 10. Hanryu: Korean Popular Culture in Japan; Yasue Kuwahara
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