Description |
1 online resource (xi, 450 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction: Indexing Korean popular culture / by Kyung Hyun Kim -- The world in a love letter / by Boduerae Kwon -- Fisticuffs, high kicks, and colonial histories : the ambivalence of modern Korean identity in narrative comics / by Kyu Hyun Kim -- It all started with a bang : the role of PC bangs in South Korea's cybercultures / by Inkyu Kang -- As seen on the internet : the recap as translation in English-language K-drama fandoms / by Regina Yung Lee -- Regimes within regimes : film and fashion cultures in the Korean 1950s / by Steven Chung -- The quasi patriarch: Kim Sŭng-ho and South Korean postwar movies / by Kelly Jeong -- The partisan, the worker, and the hidden hero : popular icons in North Korean film / by Travis Workman -- Face value : the star as genre in Bong Joon-ho's Mother / by Michelle Cho -- Bend it like a man of Chosun : sports nationalism and colonial modernity of 1936 / by Jung Hwan Cheon -- "She became our strength" : female athletes and (trans)national desires / by Rachael Miyung Joo -- Young musical love of the 1930s / by Min-Jung Son -- Birth, death, and resurrection of group sound rock / by Pil Ho Kim and Hyunjoon Shin -- The popularity of individualism : the Seo Taiji phenomenon in the 1990s / by Roald Maliangkay -- Girls' generation? : gender, (dis)empowerment, and K-pop / by Stephen Epstein (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) with James Turnbull (Dongseo) -- South Korean advertising as popular culture / by Olga Fedorenko -- The global Hansik campaign and commodification of Korean cuisine / by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka -- Back Seung Woo's blow up (2005-2007) : touristic fantasy, photographic desire, and catastrophic North Korea / by Sohl Lee |
Summary |
This collection provides a timely and essential foundation for studying Korean popular culture (""K-pop"") by looking at its global popularity, relation to the contemporary cultural landscape, and historical roots |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Popular culture -- Korea (South) -- History -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Civilization
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Manners and customs
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Massenkultur
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Popular culture
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Pop-Kultur
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Corée -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Populärkultur -- Korea.
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Film -- Korea.
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Fotografering -- Korea.
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Massmedia -- Korea.
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Sport -- Korea.
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SUBJECT |
Korea (South) -- Civilization -- 20th century
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Korea (South) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Subject |
Korea (South)
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Südkorea
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Kim, Kyung Hyun, 1969- editor.
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Choe, Youngmin, editor.
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ISBN |
9780822377566 |
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082237756X |
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1306454484 |
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9781306454483 |
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