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The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

Current price: $129.99
Publication Date: February 20th, 2014
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9781137350275
Pages:
243
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Description

The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. This study examines cultural production and consumption, glocalization, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity.

About the Author

Crystal S. Anderson, Elon University, USA Young Eun Chae, University of Chicago, USA Hyejung Ju, Claflin University, USA Jennifer Jung-Kim, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Claire Seungeun Lee, National University of Singapore Chuyun Oh, University of Texas at Austin, USA Myoung-Sun Song, University of Southern California, USA Sherri L. Ter Molen, Wayne State University, USA John Walsh, Shinawatra University, Thailand