294 Pages
by
Routledge
This book examines the Korean Wave’s transnational flows, especially its trans-Pacific journey to the U.S., its transformation en route and Korean Americans’ versatile, multi-layered involvement in these processes.Â
Through a comparative analysis of its diverse local receptions both in East Asia (China, Taiwan and Japan) and the U.S., this book investigates the ways in which the trajectories of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Korean Wave in Asia – Its Beginning and Early Development 3. Prelude: Korean Americans and Korean Popular Culture in the U.S. 4. Growing Trans-Pacific Cultural Flows and the Complexities of the Consumption of Korean Pop Culture in the U.S. 5. Identity, Community and Consumption of Korean Pop Culture 6. The Korean Wave in the Digital Era 7. Conclusion
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Biography
Jung-Sun Park is Professor of Asian Pacific Studies at California State University at Dominguez Hills, USA.
