The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture

Surfing the Korean Wave
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-84295-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Combining global, media, and cultural studies, this book analyzes the success of Hallyu, or the "Korean Wave” in the West, both at a macro and micro level, as an alternative pop culture globalization. This research investigates the capitalist ecosystem (formed by producers, institutions and the state), the soft power of Hallyu, and the reception among young people, using France as a case study, and placing it within the broader framework of the 'consumption of difference.'

Seen by French fans as a challenge to Western pop culture, Hallyu constitutes a material of choice for understanding the cosmopolitan apprenticeships linked to the consumption of cultural goods, and the use of these resources to build youth’s biographical trajectories.

The book will be relevant to researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology, cultural studies, global studies, consumption and youth studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cicchelli, Vincenzo

Octobre, Sylvie

Weitere Mitwirkende

Raillard, Sarah-Louise

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Marketing
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Globalisierung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction: Hallyu as an Alternative Aestheticized Global Pop Culture.- Chapter 2 Is Entertainment Capitalism the Ultimate Stage Of Aesthetic Capitalism?.- Chapter 3 An Alternative Globalization of Pop Culture.- Chapter 4 From Soft Power to “Sweet Power”.- Chapter 5 The Theory of Cosmopolitan Elective Affinities.- Chapter 6 From One Wave to The Next: Aesthetics and Digital Intimacy.- Chapter 7 Looking in The Korean Mirror: Enchantment and Disenchantment with Elsewhere.- Chapter 8 Using Hallyu to Stand Out.- Chapter 9 General Conclusion: Why Does the Global Success of Hallyu Matter?.

Über Autor(innen)

Vincenzo Cicchelli is Associate Professor at Université de Paris and Research Fellow at Centre Population et Développement (Université de Paris / IRD), France.

Sylvie Octobre is Researcher at Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques, French Ministry of Culture, and Research Fellow at Centre Max Weber, France.