1st Edition
Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave The South Korean Government's Instrumentalisation of Popular Culture
By Taeyoung Kim
Copyright 2025
200 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
200 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave explores how the state instrumentalises cultural industries, despite the bulk of their production and delivery mechanisms becoming subject to the market logic and foreign stakeholders, through an in-depth study of the South Korean government’s cultural industry policies.
Drawing on interviews with policymakers and producers in the Korean film,... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Neoliberal Globalisation, the State and Cultural Industries
3. The Korean Developmental State and the Development of Cultural Industries
4. The State’s Prevailing Presence in the Development of Korean Cultural Industries
5. Cultural Politics of State-led Development of Cultural Industries: A Widespread Desire for the Globalisation of Korean Cultural Products
6. K-culture Without “K-”? The Paradoxical Nature of Producing Korean Television Towards a Sustainable Korean Wave
7. Conclusion: The Korean State as the Architect and Patron of Cultural Industries
Index
Biography
Taeyoung Kim is Lecturer in Communication and Media at Loughborough University, UK.
