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The Korean Wave

Korean Popular Culture in Global Context

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Yasue Kuwahara

    1. Northern Kentucky University, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Yasue Kuwahara
      Pages 1-9

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 223-243
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About this book

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.

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"Yasue Kuwahara and her collaborators add profusely to the burgeoning literature about the Korean Wave, fielding questions and systematically answering them, on aspects such as global audiences, hegemonic relationships with the United States and Japan through Korean popular culture, glocalization, and government promotional policies. Their multidisciplinary and case study approaches to the study of Korean films, TV dramas, music, and social media, expressed in readable prose and filled with anecdotes and first-hand research, make this a very important contribution to communication and cultural studies." - John A. Lent, publisher and editor-in-chief of International Journal of Comic Art

"The Korean Wave offers an illuminating view into the world of Korean popular culture. Sometimes provocative, sometimes surprising, but always clear-sighted, each author offers an essay that stands well on its own but that also contributes to a scholarly, informative, and captivating volume. Yasue Kuwahara is to be commended for editing a collection that will appeal to scholars across disciplines, both those new to Korean popular culture and those who are well versed." - Jimmie Manning, Associate Professor, Communication, Northern Illinois University, USA

Editors and Affiliations

  • Northern Kentucky University, USA

    Yasue Kuwahara

About the editor

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

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