1st Edition
Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea Sounding Out K-Pop
Introduction 1. Inventing Korean Popular Music: Historical Formations and Genres (1885–2000) 2. Producing the Global Imaginary: A K-Pop Tropology 3. Temporal Asymmetries: Music, Time, and the Nation-State 4. Spatial Asymmetries: Imaginary Places in the Transnational Production of K-Pop 5. Asymmetries of Mobility: Immigrant Stars and the Conjuncture of Patriotism, Anti-American Sentiment, and Cyberculture Conclusion: "Oppan, Korean Style! ": An Imaginary Horse-Ride around the Globe
Biography
Michael Fuhr is Assistant Professor at University of Hildesheim, Center for World Music - Ethnomusicology, Germany.
"Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea does move us forward, and by quite a long way, towards a more comprehensive understanding of the remarkable phenomenon of K-Pop today." - Keith Howard, SOAS University of London
"The most valuable aspect of this book - from the perspective of someone who reads every academic book on Korean pop in English is the detailed discussion of musical song structure for K-pop songs, considering this is the first book to do so. (...) Highly recommended for researchers or libraries with a strong interest in musicology, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, popular culture, Korea studies, or Asian studies. The specific focus on the music structure of K-pop in this book truly makes it unique from its peers - and its practical description of K-pop music, videos, and business aspects makes it eminently quotable." - Raizel Liebler, The Learned Fangirl
