The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Hallyu as a Government Construct: The Korean Wave in the Context of Economic and Social Development....Pages 13-31
Transformations of the Korean Media Industry by the Korean Wave: The Perspective of Glocalization....Pages 33-51
The Politics of the Dancing Body: Racialized and Gendered Femininity in Korean Pop....Pages 53-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
My Sassy Girl Goes around the World....Pages 85-100
“Gangnam Style” as Format: When a Localized Korean Song Meets a Global Audience....Pages 101-116
That’s My Man! Overlapping Masculinities in Korean Popular Music....Pages 117-131
The S(e)oul of Hip-Hop: Locating Space and Identity in Korean Rap....Pages 133-148
A Cultural Imperialistic Homecoming: The Korean Wave Reaches the United States....Pages 149-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Winter Sonata and Yonsama, Ideal Love, and Masculinity: Nostalgic Desire and Colonial Memory....Pages 191-212
Hanryu: Korean Popular Culture in Japan....Pages 213-221
Back Matter....Pages 223-243