The Global Impact of South Korean Popular Culture

Valentina Marinescu

doi:10.5771/9780739193389

Summary

This volume fills a gap in the existing literature and proposes an interdisciplinary and multicultural comparative approach to the impact of Hallyu worldwide. The contributors analyze the spread of South Korean popular products from different perspectives (popular culture, sociology, anthropology, linguistics) and from different geographical locations (Asia, Europe, North America, and South America). The contributors come from a variety of countries (UK, Japan, Argentina, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Indonesia, USA, Romania). The volume is divided into three sections and twelve chapters that each bring a new perspective on the main topic. This emphasizes the impact of Hallyu and draws real and imaginary “maps” of the export of South Korean cultural products. Starting from the theoretical backgrounds offered by the existing literature, each chapter presents the impact of Hallyu in a particular country. This applied character does not exclude transnational comparisons or critical interrogations about the future development of the phenomenon.

All authors are speaking about their own, native cultures. This inside perspective adds an important value to the understanding of the impact of a different culture on the “national” culture of each respective country. The contributions to this volume illustrate the “globalization” of the cultural products of Hallyu and show the various faces of Hallyu around the world.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-9337-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-9338-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 159
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1 Many Faces of Hallyu in the Global World No access Pages 1 - 4
1. 2 Cultural Identity and Korean Historical Television Dramas No access
2. 3 Hallyu in Indonesia No access
1. 4 Japanese-Korean International Marriages through the Korean Wave in Japan No access
2. 5 Cultural Perception and Social Impact of the Korean Wave in the Czech Republic No access
3. 6 Wind of Change No access
4. 7 Hallyu and Students’ Motivation in Studying Korean No access
5. 8 Pop Goes Korean Popular Culture No access
6. 9 Audience Perceptions and Representations of Korea No access
1. 10 Hallyu for Hire No access
2. 11 HallyU.S.A No access
3. 12 Hallyu and Cultural Identity No access
Index No access Pages 149 - 154
About the Contributors No access Pages 155 - 159