1st Edition
K-pop – The International Rise of the Korean Music Industry
Introduction: Why K-pop Fandom Matters JungBong Choi and Roald Maliangkay 1. Same Look through Different Eyes: Korea’s History of Uniform Pop Music Acts Roald Maliangkay 2. Into the New World: Girls’ Generation from the Local to the Global Stephen J. Epstein 3. The Political Economy of Idols: South Korea’s Neoliberal Restructuring and its Impact on the Entertainment Labor Force Inkyu Kang 4. Despite not being Johnny’s: The Cultural Impact of TVXQ in the Japanese Music Industry Ju Oak Kim 5. SBS PopAsia: Non-stop K-Pop in Australia Liz Giuffre and Sarah Keith 6. Loyalty Transmission and Cultural Enlisting of K-pop in Latin America JungBong Choi 7. Hallyu and the K-pop Boom in Japan: Patterns of Consumption and Reactionary Responses Eun-Young Jung 8. The Dynamics of K-Pop Spectatorship: The Tablo Witch-hunt and Its Double-Edged Sword of Enjoyment Haerin Shin 9. ‘We keep it local’ – Malaysianising "Gangnam Style": A Question of Place and Identity Gaik Cheng Khoo 10. A Sound Wave of Effeminacy: K-pop and the Male Beauty Ideal in China Roald Maliangkay and Geng Song
Biography
JungBong Choi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University, USA
Roald Maliangkay is Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies at the Australian National University, Australia
