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Overview"K-pop, described by Time Magazine in 2012 as ""South Korea’s greatest export"", has rapidly achieved a large worldwide audience of devoted fans largely through distribution over the Internet. This book examines the phenomenon, and discusses the reasons for its success. It considers the national and transnational conditions that have played a role in K-pop’s ascendancy, and explores how they relate to post-colonial modernisation, post-Cold War politics in East Asia, connections with the Korean diaspora, and the state-initiated campaign to accumulate soft power. As it is particularly concerned with fandom and cultural agency, it analyses fan practices, discourses, and underlying psychologies within their local habitus as well as in expanding topographies of online networks. Overall, the book addresses the question of how far ""Asian culture"" can be global in a truly meaningful way, and how popular culture from a ""marginal"" nation has become a global phenomenon." Full Product DetailsAuthor: JungBong Choi (New York University, USA) , Roald Maliangkay (Australian National University)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138775961ISBN 10: 1138775967 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 09 September 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: Why K-pop Fandom Matters 1. Same Look through Different Eyes: Korea’s History of Uniform Pop Music Acts 2. Into the New World: Girls’ Generation from the Local to the Global 3. The Political Economy of Idols: South Korea’s Neoliberal Restructuring and its Impact on the Entertainment Labor Force 4. Despite not being Johnny’s: The Cultural Impact of TVXQ in the Japanese Music Industry 5. SBS PopAsia: Non-stop K-Pop in Australia 6. Loyalty Transmission and Cultural Enlisting of K-pop in Latin America 7. Hallyu and the K-pop Boom in Japan: Patterns of Consumption and Reactionary Responses 8. The Dynamics of K-Pop Spectatorship: The Tablo Witch-hunt and Its Double-Edged Sword of Enjoyment 9. ‘We keep it local’ – Malaysianising ""Gangnam Style"": A Question of Place and Identity 10. A Sound Wave of Effeminacy: K-pop and the Male Beauty Ideal in China"ReviewsAuthor InformationJungBong Choi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University, USA Roald Maliangkay is Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies at the Australian National University, Australia Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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