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Here Comes the Flood

Perspectives of Gender, Sexuality, and Stereotype in the Korean Wave

by Moisés Park, Tiago Canário, Snigdha Gupta, Seunghee Ha, Michael Ormsbee, Jahyon Park, Marcy L. Tanter, Michael W. Hurt, Min Suk Kim0, Peter Moody1, Kyong Yoon2 ...

This collection breaks down the stereotypes often expected of Korean popular culture, specifically examining issues of gender, sexuality, and stereotype in a variety of cultural products including K-pop, K-drama, and cover dancing through the lens of how “Koreanness” can be defined. A diverse range of of contributors showcase how Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, began as a wave rolling across Asia and ... Read more

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This collection breaks down the stereotypes often expected of Korean popular culture, specifically examining issues of gender, sexuality, and stereotype in a variety of cultural products including K-pop, K-drama, and cover dancing through the lens of how “Koreanness” can be defined. A diverse range of of contributors showcase how Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, began as a wave rolling across Asia and
... Read more
Transnational Hallyu

The Globalization of Korean Digital and Popular Culture

by Wonjung Min, Kyong Yoon, Dal Yong Jin ...

Series series Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approaches
While the influence of Western, Anglophone popular culture has continued in the global cultural market, the Korean cultural industry has substantially developed and globally exported its various cultural products, such as television programs, pop music, video games and films. The global circulation of Korean popular culture is known as the Korean wave, or Hallyu. Given its empirical scope and ... Read more

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While the influence of Western, Anglophone popular culture has continued in the global cultural market, the Korean cultural industry has substantially developed and globally exported its various cultural products, such as television programs, pop music, video games and films. The global circulation of Korean popular culture is known as the Korean wave, or Hallyu. Given its empirical scope and
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Understanding Korean Americans’ Mental Health

A Guide to Culturally Competent Practices, Program Developments, and Policies

by Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Sung Seek Moon, Haein Son, Soonok An, Jung Sim Jun, Sharon Jung, Jae Won Kim, Jessica Cho Kim0, Christina Seowoo Lee1, Daniel Hyung Jik Lee2, Kyong Hag Lee3, Yeon-Shim Lee4, Yifan Liu5, Wenhua Lu6, Kristin Kim-Martin7, Hollee A. McGinnis8, Ingyu Moon9, Sumie Okazaki0, Soonhee Roh1, Seokwon Yoon2, Jihee Woo3, Kwiryung Kim Yun4, Hyeyoung Woo5 ...

Series series Korean Communities across the World
This book confronts the overlooked mental health challenges within one of the largest Asian American subgroups in the United States.Although Korean Americans are often characterized as a “model minority” due to high levels of academic and professional achievement, this book reveal a more complex reality marked by issues such as depression, suicide, substance abuse, and trauma. The contributors ... Read more

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This book confronts the overlooked mental health challenges within one of the largest Asian American subgroups in the United States.Although Korean Americans are often characterized as a “model minority” due to high levels of academic and professional achievement, this book reveal a more complex reality marked by issues such as depression, suicide, substance abuse, and trauma. The contributors
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Digital Mediascapes of Transnational Korean Youth Culture

by Kyong Yoon ...

Series series Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia
Drawing on vivid ethnographic field studies of youth on the transnational move, across Seoul, Toronto, and Vancouver, this book examines transnational flows of Korean youth and their digital media practices.This book explores how digital media are integrated into various forms of transnational life and imagination, focusing on young Koreans and their digital media practices. By combining ... Read more

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Drawing on vivid ethnographic field studies of youth on the transnational move, across Seoul, Toronto, and Vancouver, this book examines transnational flows of Korean youth and their digital media practices.This book explores how digital media are integrated into various forms of transnational life and imagination, focusing on young Koreans and their digital media practices. By combining
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The Korean Wave

Evolution, Fandom, and Transnationality

by Tae-Jin Yoon, Seok-Kyeong Hong, Luling Huang, Hyeri Jung, Bora Kang, Ju Oak Kim, Eunbyul Lee, Hyangjin Lee, Lisa Yuk-ming Leung, Wonjung Min0, Mi-Sook Park1, Yong-Jin Won2, Qian Zhang3, Anthony Y. H. Fung4, Kyong Yoon5, Dal Yong Jin6 ...

Since the Korean Wave phenomenon started in 1997, Hallyu has undergone many changes. Geographically, while Asia has been the largest cultural market for the Korean cultural industries, other parts of society, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America have gradually admitted Korean popular culture. The components of the Korean Wave have also greatly expanded. Hallyu ... Read more

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Since the Korean Wave phenomenon started in 1997, Hallyu has undergone many changes. Geographically, while Asia has been the largest cultural market for the Korean cultural industries, other parts of society, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America have gradually admitted Korean popular culture. The components of the Korean Wave have also greatly expanded. Hallyu
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Communication, Digital Media, and Popular Culture in Korea

Contemporary Research and Future Prospects

by Nojin Kwak, Eyun-Jung Ki, Seungahn Nah, Ji-Hyun Ahn, Younghan Cho, Yongick Jeong, Seok Kang, Jeong-Nam Kim, Min-Sun Kim, Narae Kim0, Yeojin Kim1, Yeuseung Kim2, Yong-Chan Kim3, Youna Kim4, Hye-ryeon Lee5, Hye-Jin Paek6, Ahran Park7, Ji Hoon Park8, Namkee Park9, Yoonmo Sang0, Minsun Shim1, Jae-Hwa Shin2, Hye Seung Chung4, Hun Shik Kim5, Shin Dong Kim6, Yu Won Oh7, Chang Sup Park8, Kyu Ho Youm9, Kyong Yoon0, Dal Yong Jin1, Dr, Prof Yung Soo Kim3 ...

In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development of local media and culture. Korea has greatly developed several cutting-edge technologies, such ... Read more

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In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several distinctive changes in its politics, economy, and technology, which are directly related to the development of local media and culture. Korea has greatly developed several cutting-edge technologies, such
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East Asian Media Culture in the Age of Digital Platforms

Narratives, Industries, and Audiences

Edited by Dal Yong Jin, Kyong Yoon ...

Series series Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia
Focusing on the convergence of popular culture and digital platforms in the East Asian context, this book delves into the increasing role of East Asia, not only as the largest cultural market but also as one of the most rapidly developing cultural industries in the global platform economy.Through the analytical framework of the platformization of cultural industries, this volume theoretically and ... Read more

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Focusing on the convergence of popular culture and digital platforms in the East Asian context, this book delves into the increasing role of East Asia, not only as the largest cultural market but also as one of the most rapidly developing cultural industries in the global platform economy.Through the analytical framework of the platformization of cultural industries, this volume theoretically and
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Diasporic Hallyu

The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture

by Kyong Yoon ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular ... Read more

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This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular
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Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption

by Hong Kong University Press ...

South Korean masculinities have enjoyed dramatically greater influence in recent years in many realms of pan-Asian popular culture, which travels freely in part because of its hybrid trans-nationalistic appeal. This book investigates transcultural consumption of three iconic figures — the middle-aged Japanese female fandom of actor Bae Yong-Joon, the Western online cult fandom of the thriller film ... Read more

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South Korean masculinities have enjoyed dramatically greater influence in recent years in many realms of pan-Asian popular culture, which travels freely in part because of its hybrid trans-nationalistic appeal. This book investigates transcultural consumption of three iconic figures — the middle-aged Japanese female fandom of actor Bae Yong-Joon, the Western online cult fandom of the thriller film
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The Power of the Internet in China

Citizen Activism Online

by Guobin Yang ...

Series series Contemporary Asia in the World
Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, enabling users to organize, protest, and influence public opinion in unprecedented ways. Guobin Yang's pioneering study maps an innovative range of contentious forms and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace, delineating a nuanced and dynamic image of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity, community, ... Read more

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Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, enabling users to organize, protest, and influence public opinion in unprecedented ways. Guobin Yang's pioneering study maps an innovative range of contentious forms and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace, delineating a nuanced and dynamic image of the Chinese Internet as an arena for creativity, community,
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Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture

by Hong Kong University Press ...

East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process ... Read more

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East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process
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Shanghai Lalas

by Hong Kong University Press ...

This is the first ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. Based on several years of in-depth interviews, the volume concentrates on lalas’ everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desire with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, all within a culture denying women’s active and ... Read more

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This is the first ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. Based on several years of in-depth interviews, the volume concentrates on lalas’ everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desire with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, all within a culture denying women’s active and
... Read more

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