Introducing Korean popular culture. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Youna Kim.
• Editors: Kim, Youna
• Contents: Introduction: Situating Korean Popular Culture in the Global Culture Landscape Youna Kim Part 1: K-pop Music 1. K-pop in the History of the Korean Wave: A Long Revolution Younghan Cho 2. Digital K-pop Fan Platforms in a Cosmopolitan World Sarah Keith 3. Chart Manipulation and Fan Labor in the Online Moral Economy of K-pop Stephanie Jiyun Choi 4. Celebrity Fashion and Fan Consumption: BTS "Jungkook Hanbok " Myoung-Sun Song Part 2: Popular Cinema 5. The Rise of New Korean Cinema and Hallyu Chi-Yun Shin 6. Parasite and Snowpiercer as Derivations to Hallyu: Korean Cinema, Neoliberalism and Semi-Global Exclusivity Keith B. Wagner 7. Her Revenge: Low Birthrate Cinema from Lady Vengeance to The Villainess Joseph Jonghyun Jeon 8. The Climate of Cinema: Gender, Debt and the Future of Labor in Squid Game and Parasite Soyoung Kim Part 3: Television 9. The Korean Wave Television: From Winter Sonata to Squid Game Youna Kim 10. Netflix and Korean Drama: Cultural Resonance, Affect and Consumption in Asia Anthony Fung and Jindong Leo-Liu 11. Gender and the Paradox of Body Politics in Korean Makeover Television Ji-yoon An 12. Democratization, Social Media and Korean Television in Transition Ki-Sung Kwak Part 4: Web Drama, Webtoon and Animation 13. Korean Web Drama on the Rise: The Difference Independent Productions Make Jennifer M. Kang 14. Korean Webtoon and Identity Politics in the Digital Age Hyung-Gu Lynn 15. Transmediating Tradition: Convergence of Premodern Prose, Webtoons and Audio Comics Jina E. Kim 16. Cultural Identity in Transnational Korean Animation: The Stateless Fantasy of Ragnarök Daniel Martin Part 5: Digital Games and Esports 17. The Political Economy of the Digital Game Industry: An Analysis of Transnational Capital Dal Yong Jin 18. Techno-Orientalism in Global/Korean Esports: "They Play Games Really Well, But It Is Us to Have Them Play" Tae-Jin Yoon and Kyunghyuk Lee 19. Visualizing the Invisible: Korean Esports and the Representation of Gameplay Skill Keung Yoon Bae 20. Between Super Players and Mega Fans: The Emergence of Data-Led Gaming Environments in Korean Esports Peichi Chung Part 6: Lifestyle Media, Fashion and Food 21. South Korean Celebrities and Lifestyle Media Olga Fedorenko 22. K-fashion E-tailers and Consumption in the Global Market Eunsuk Hur 23. Precarious Eating: Young Koreans’ Digital Practice of Mukbang Kyong Yoon Part 7: Popular Culture and Nation Branding 24. Branding the Sense of Place: Gangnam as the Epicenter of the Korean Wave Pil Ho Kim 25. First Time in Korea?: The Mediation of Strangeness through Food Practices Jaehyeon Jeong 26. The Korean Wave and Mega-Asia: Imagining a Pan-Asian Community Doobo Shim
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (424 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 306.095195; Popular culture -- Korea (South) -- History -- 21st century; Korea (South) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000892260; 9781000892246
• Related ISBNs: 9781032274058; 9781032274089
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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