{"product_id":"introducing-korean-popular-culture-paperback","title":"Introducing Korean Popular Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYouna Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new textbook is a timely and interdisciplinary resource for students looking for an introduction to Korean popular culture, exploring the multifaceted meaning of Korean popular culture at micro and macro levels and the process of cultural production, representation, circulation and consumption in a global context. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on perspectives from the humanities and social sciences, including media and communications, film studies, musicology, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, history and literature, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Korean popular culture and its historical underpinnings, changing roles and dynamic meanings in the present moment of the digital social media age. The book's sections include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eK-pop Music \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePopular Cinema \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTelevision \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWeb Drama, Webtoon and Animation \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDigital Games and Esports\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLifestyle Media, Fashion and Food\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNation Branding \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn accessible, comprehensive and thought-provoking work, providing historical and contemporary contexts, key issues and debates, this textbook will appeal to students of and providers of courses on popular culture, media studies and Korean culture and society more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouna Kim is Professor of Global Communications at the American University of Paris, France, joined from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she had taught since 2004, after completing her Ph.D. at the University of London, Goldsmiths College. Her books are \u003ci\u003eWomen, Television and Everyday Life in Korea: Journeys of Hope \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2005), \u003ci\u003eMedia Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2008), \u003ci\u003eTransnational Migration, Media and Identity of Asian Women\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eDiasporic Daughters \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2011), \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Media in Asia: The Precarious Self \u003c\/i\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2013), \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2016), \u003ci\u003eChildcare Workers, Global Migration and Digital Media \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2017), \u003ci\u003eSouth Korean Popular Culture and North Korea \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2019), \u003ci\u003eThe Soft Power of the Korean Wave: Parasite, BTS and Drama \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eMedia in Asia: Global, Digital, Gendered and Mobile \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773692412192,"sku":"9781032274089","price":85.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8f18223dfa39ec2bef606d29040c22c8_fea3e7cb-2482-4e60-a331-a5449ecdb84e.webp?v=1780430725","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/introducing-korean-popular-culture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}