The Korean Wave [electronic resource] : Korean Popular Culture in Global Context /
Kuwahara, Y.editor.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hallyu as a government construct : the Korean wave in the context of economic and social development / John Walsh -- Transformations of Korean media industries by the Korean wave : the perspective of glocalization / Hyejung Ju -- The politics of the dancing body : racialized and gendered femininity in Korean pop / Chuyun Oh -- My sassy-girl goes around the world / Jennifer Jung-Kim -- "Gangnam style" as format : when a localized Korean song meets a global audience / Claire Seungeun Lee and Yasue Kuwahara -- That's my man! : overlapping masculinities in Korean popular music / Crystal S. Anderson -- The S(e)oul of hip-hop : locating space and identity in Korean rap / Myoung-Sun Song -- A cultural imperialistic homecoming : the Korean wave Reaches the United States / Sherri L. Ter Molen -- Winter sonata and yonsama, ideal love and masculinity : nostalgic desire and colonial memory / Young Eun Chae -- Hanryu : Korean popular culture in Japan / Yasue Kuwahara.
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.
Asia—Politics and government.
Ethnology—Asia.
Youth—Social life and customs.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Cultural studies.
Asian Politics.
Asian Culture.
Youth Culture.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Cultural Studies.