Introducing Korean Popular Culture
eBook - ePub

Introducing Korean Popular Culture

Youna Kim, Youna Kim

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Introducing Korean Popular Culture

Youna Kim, Youna Kim

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About This Book

This new textbook is a timely and interdisciplinary resource for students looking for an introduction to Korean popular culture, exploring the multifaceted meaning of Korean popular culture at micro and macro levels and the process of cultural production, representation, circulation and consumption in a global context.

Drawing on perspectives from the humanities and social sciences, including media and communications, film studies, musicology, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, history and literature, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Korean popular culture and its historical underpinnings, changing roles and dynamic meanings in the present moment of the digital social media age. The book's sections include:



  • K-pop Music
  • Popular Cinema
  • Television
  • Web Drama, Webtoon and Animation
  • Digital Games and Esports
  • Lifestyle Media, Fashion and Food
  • Nation Branding

An accessible, comprehensive and thought-provoking work, providing historical and contemporary contexts, key issues and debates, this textbook will appeal to students of and providers of courses on popular culture, media studies and Korean culture and society more broadly.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
ISBN
9781000892260
Edition
1
Topic
Scienze sociali
Subtopic
Cultura popolare

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Contributors
  10. Introduction: Situating Korean Popular Culture in the Global Culture Landscape
  11. Part I K-pop Music
  12. Part II Popular Cinema
  13. Part III Television
  14. Part IV Web Drama, Webtoon and Animation
  15. Part V Digital Games and Esports
  16. Part VI Lifestyle Media, Fashion and Food
  17. Part VII Popular Culture and Nation Branding
  18. Index