Browse Items (8 total)

Sun Jung and Yukie Hirata, Conflicting Desires: K-pop Idol Girl Groups Flows in Japan in the Era of Web 2.0

ejcjs.png

Sun Jung and Yukie Hirata, Conflicting Desires: K-pop Idol Girl Groups Flows in Japan in the Era of Web 2.0

This article uses the experience of the female K-pop group Girls’ Generation (SNSD) in Japan as a case study to examine how K-pop represents a…

Tags: , , , , , ,

Shin Hyunjoon, Have You Ever Seen The Rain? And Who’ll Stop the Rain?: The Globalizing Project of Korean Pop (K-pop) 

interasiaculturalstudies.png

Shin Hyunjoon, Have You Ever Seen The Rain? And Who’ll Stop the Rain?: The Globalizing Project of Korean Pop (K-pop) 

Using the Korean artist Rain as a case study, the article examines the Korean music industry and its development into “multi-purpose star management”…

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Benjamin Han, K-pop in Latin America: Transcultural Fandom and Digital Mediation

internatjournalcontents.png

Benjamin Han, K-pop in Latin America: Transcultural Fandom and Digital Mediation

K-pop is a subculture and through digital means, develops into a transcultural fandom that results in its incorporation into Latin American mass…

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Gil-Sung Park, Manufactured Creativity: Production, Performance and Dissemination of K-pop

koreajournal.png

Gil-Sung Park, Manufactured Creativity: Production, Performance and Dissemination of K-pop

K-pop represents a unique and distinct Korean system of “manufacturing creativity,” which involves utilizing global music talents. This article…

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Eun-Young Jung, Playing the Race and Sexuality Cards in the Transnational Pop Game: Korean Music Videos for the US Market

journalofpopularmusicstudies.png

Eun-Young Jung, Playing the Race and Sexuality Cards in the Transnational Pop Game: Korean Music Videos for the US Market

This article examines how the visuals of Korean music videos by BoA, Wonder Girls and Rain play on “racialized notions of sexuality” and “sexualized…

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Seong Cheol Choi, Xanat Vargas Meza and Han Woo Park, South Korean Culture Goes Latin America: Social Network Analysis of Kpop Tweets in Mexico

internatjournalcontents.png

Seong Cheol Choi, Xanat Vargas Meza and Han Woo Park, South Korean Culture Goes Latin America: Social Network Analysis of Kpop Tweets in Mexico

This study analyzes the tweets of K-pop fans in Mexico focusing on topics in mentions in retweets. As a social networking service, Twitter is a…

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Ingyu Oh, The Globalization of K-pop: Korea’s Place in the Global Music Industry

koreaobserver.png

Ingyu Oh, The Globalization of K-pop: Korea’s Place in the Global Music Industry

This article challenges approaches to Korean popular music based on cultural hybridity by arguing that the globalization of K-pop involves modifying…

Tags: , ,

John Lie, What is the K in K-pop? South Korean Popular Music, the Culture Industry, and National Identity

koreaobserver.png

John Lie, What is the K in K-pop? South Korean Popular Music, the Culture Industry, and National Identity

This article focuses on the source of K-pop’s commercial success and the meaning of that success for South Korean society and culture. It links Korean…

Tags: , , , ,

Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2