K-pop
Subtitle: Korea's Musical Explosion
By: by Stuart A. Kallen
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781467720427; 9781467725491
Subjects: Popular music; Juvenile literature; History and criticism
Description: While most Americans have only been aware of Korean pop, or K-pop, music since the infectious 2012 hit song Gangnam Style by Psy, it is a genre that has been widely popular since the 1990s. Its sudden notoriety marks a global trend called Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, which encompasses not only music but also other pillars of pop culture, such as movies and television, cuisine, and Korean cartoon art known as manhwa. This colorful, informative book is a study in cultural diffusion that began with American GIs during the Korean War and then continued through the repression of Park Chung-hee's regime and into today's rise of South Korea as an economic powerhouse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 59) and index.

Reading Counts RC 10.7 63323.
Table of contents: title: The emergence of K-pop; title: The star factory; title: The Korean wave; title: K-pop style.