The Korean Wave

Korean Popular Culture in Global Context
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-46832-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3261 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuwahara, Y.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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