Women We Love: Femininities and the Korean Wave is an edited volume exploring femininities in and around the Korean Wave since 2000. While studies on the Korean Wave are abundant, there is a dearth of thought put toward the female-identifying stars, characters, and fans who shape and lead this crucial cultural movement. This collection of essays is one of the first works to focus on gender and the key female actors of this global phenomenon. Using “women” as an inclusive term extending to all those who self-define as women, this volume examines the role of women in K-pop and K-drama industries and fandom spaces, encompassing crucial intersectional topics such as queering of gender, dissemination of media, and fan culture. In addition to the communities engaged with visual culture of the Korean Wave, the audience for Women We Love will reflect the contributors to this text. They are K-pop and K-drama fans, queer, international; they are also academics of Asian histories, sociology, gender and sexuality, art history, and visual culture. The chapters are playful, intersectional, and will be adapted well into syllabi for media studies, gender studies, visual culture studies, sociology, and contemporary global history. “Women We Love goes far beyond the dyad of the flower boy Hallyu star and his female fan to offer readers an illuminating discussion of plural femininities in the Korean Wave since the turn of the millennium. The essays will answer many burning yet heretofore unanswered questions about the affective resonances and political significance of Korean popular culture’s gender dynamics, which have fascinated, puzzled, and at times frustrated many fans and observers. Rigorously interdisciplinary, yet grounded in textual detail, historical context, and material reception practices, this is a timely and valuable contribution to the study of gender, fandom, and global media.” —Michelle Cho, University of Toronto “This is a provoking and fascinating book—one of the most awaited books in Hallyu studies. Drawing from a multitude of feminist theories and case studies, this edited volume not only provides captivating and much-needed discussions but also critically expands the current debates in gender studies, feminism studies, and fan studies. This book is vital literature for researchers, students, and practitioners who are willing to advance their understanding of the Korean Wave from a new scope and angle.” —Dal Yong Jin, Simon Fraser University
〔新聞：時事、新知〕 〔適合對象：準備出國、生活中需要大量使用英語、TOEIC ,TOEFL考試準備者〕 CNN互動英語是全國唯一CNN官方授權，最道地的英語教材，大專院校老師一致推薦。內容豐富含財經政治、文化旅遊、體育娛樂等，每月給提供最新的全球大事，和您一起開啟英語世界的大門！ ►購買完整紙本書請上：https://goo.gl/nvvopn 環境 The Amazon Inferno 亞馬遜大火延燒 「地球之肺」恐成乾枯草原 Rapid Deforestation Causes Record-Breaking Wildfires in Brazil 全球最大的熱帶雨林亞馬遜森林今年遭遇史上最嚴重的野火。亞馬遜孕育了無數稀有物種，且是緩和全球暖化的減碳重地，此次大火蔓延無非是一場重創全球的生態浩劫。 科技 The Space Odyssey 雄心勃勃的中國太空夢 China Steps Up Efforts to Dominate Space 中國砸重金發展太空計畫，近年陸續有了成果。今年嫦娥四號成功在月球背面軟著陸，顯示中國在太空探索領域已成為一股不可忽視的勢力。 經濟 Trade Shift 中美貿易戰副產品 大亞洲經濟時代崛起 How America May Stagnate and Asia May Thrive in Trump’s Trade War 中美貿易戰未歇，連帶影響全球經貿關係策略，讓亞洲各國往來更趨緊密，與美國則走向脫鉤，加速區域經濟布局的洗牌。 商業 Middle Eastern Gateway 沙漠之鑰——杜拜國際機場 How Dubai International Grew from a Small, Desert Airfield to One of the Busiest Hubs in the World 杜拜在六十年內從一個名不見經傳的沙漠小鎮變身為全球最大的國際轉運站，有賴政府全力推助以及杜拜國際機場的不斷進化和轉型。 社會 A Forbidden Musical Love K-Pop魅力無法擋 脫北者也瘋狂 K-Pop Creeps into North Korea and Inspires More Defectors 南韓流行樂的影響力不僅只限於娛樂、文化層面，甚至成為北韓人民脫北的一大誘因！CNN訪問數名脫北者，聊聊K-pop何以對北韓人有著如此強大的吸引力。 商業 Cyber Gold 吸睛又吸金的網紅行銷淘金術 Making Money Online by Influencing Fashion Trends 網紅、部落客想賺錢，除了接業配、產品代言之外，還可透過許多平台賺取分紅。只要有消費者因為網紅推薦而購買某樣商品，網紅就可以得到分潤佣金。 科技 On the Right Track 日本鐵道結合人工智慧 服務口碑再升級 Japan Plans to Incorporate AI into Its Railways 為因應日本人口老化等問題，JR東日本導入人工智慧、IoT 物聯網等技術，盼減少人力，同時保有高品質的效率及安全。 專題報導 Ice Crisis 格陵蘭融冰速度再創新高 Greenland’s Glaciers Are Melting at a Rapid Rate NASA科學家持續追蹤格陵蘭的冰河及海平面高度，發現除了異常的高溫，冰層下方暖化的海水也是加速融冰的元兇之一。 專題報導 Plastic Poison 海洋浩劫！塑膠微粒流入大西洋馬尾藻海 Greenpeace Study Shows Microplastics Are Choking the Ocean 研究人員在大西洋中央的馬尾藻海發現大量塑膠微粒。海洋生物誤食塑膠碎屑後，毒素恐沿著食物鏈回到你我的餐桌。 旅遊 The Trouble with Travel 夯景點的美麗與哀愁 過度觀光成隱憂 Venice Rolls Out Plan to Combat Mass Tourism 觀光人潮為熱門景點帶來大量收入，但隨之而來的擁擠和污染也為在地居民帶來衝擊。政府祭出各項措施，希望能找到觀光發展和當地民眾權益的平衡點。 CNN 全球瞭望 Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities Attacked by Drones 沙國油廠遭攻擊 重挫全球石油產量 The Bahamas Devastated by Hurricane Dorian 多利安颶風肆虐巴哈馬 留下斷垣殘壁 Disney’s Billion-Dollar Domination 一年五部片票房破十億 迪士尼公司穩坐影壇龍頭 全方位搞懂CNN Come Together at Abbey Road! 向經典致敬 披頭四粉絲齊聚艾比路 CNN主播教你唸 全球主要機場 A Forbidden Musical Love K-Pop 魅力無法擋 脫北者也瘋狂 K-Pop Creeps into North Korea and Inspires More Defectors BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT It was a surprising and, for many North Koreans, jarring sight: a band called Red Velvet, wildly popular in South Korea and around the world, invited to perform in front of an elite audience in Pyongyang in the spring of 2018. One of their most adoring fans [is] North Korea’s usually stoic supreme leader, who was caught on camera leading the applause, even though he’s banned his own people from listening to the same songs. Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, once a singer herself, greeted the band offstage. But now, there’s growing evidence this kind of music, called K-pop, is becoming a threat to the dictator’s regime. A recent survey by South Korea’s Unification Media Group says more and more defectors now cite music as a key factor in how they became disenchanted with their government. KIM SUK-YOUNG, AUTHOR, “ILLUSIVE UTOPIA: THEATER, FILM AND EVERYDAY PERFORMANCE IN NORTH KOREA” [The] North Korean young generation find many creative ways to access foreign media. Especially South Korean pop culture has been phenomenally popular in North Korea for the past 20 years, and it’s really starting to impact the way they conceive the world as well as to reflect upon their own lives in North Korea. BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT North Korea’s first couple are such fans of that style of music themselves that they have their own girl band: Moranbong—Kim Jong Un’s handpicked troupe of young women in tight dresses—who sing Korean pop songs and tributes to their boss. But one defector says that’s about the extent to which young North Koreans are allowed to consume pop music. KANG NA RA, NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR (VIA INTERPRETER) North Korea is such a tightly-controlled society, and the style you can follow is very limited. Ri Sol Ju or Moranbong band members are our only permitted role models. BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT Kim’s regime forbids the influx of any foreign media content unless it’s heavily censored, but still, it gets in. Hyun Lee defected from North Korea five years ago. The son of a top financial official for Kim’s regime, Lee had access to South Korean K-pop, which was smuggled in by friends, while he lived in North Korea. He says any young North Korean hearing South Korean K-pop for the first time is struck by the difference. What does that music have that their music does not have? HYUN LEE, NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR So, North Korean music doesn’t have any emotion and [or] feeling[s] of love and then, their freedom of society, but South Korean music emphasizes emotion [and] love. BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT Hyun Lee says the tide of K-pop is so enormous and the black market for the music and videos is so strong, even young people still inside North Korea know about “Gangnam Style,” the song by the artist PSY that was the first YouTube video ever to reach a billion views. But it’s a tide Kim Jong Un is trying to hold back. Analysts say North Korea’s crackdown on the consumption of K-pop by its citizens has intensified under Kim. Defectors say there’s a feared unit of Kim’s security services called Group 109—a roving group of operatives searching for banned CDs and USB drives. HYUN LEE, NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR They basically do search your body and search your home at any time, at everywhere. Once [a] North Korean’s caught by 109, so the seria [serious] punishment was [is] execution. BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT It’s not just listening to K-pop that can get the average young North Korean in trouble. One young defector told the Washington Post that after seeing some K-pop videos, she wanted to emulate their clothing style. She put on a pair of jeans, she said, and went to a local market. She said authorities there made her take the jeans off right there, and they burned them right in front of her. CNN特派員 布萊恩．陶德 這是個出人意料，且對許多北韓人來說很刺眼的景象：一支在南韓和全球各地都大受歡迎，名為Red Velvet的樂團，受邀於二○一八年春天在平壤的一群菁英觀眾面前表演。其中一個對他們最為傾心的粉絲就是通常不苟言笑的北韓最高領導人，鏡頭捕捉到他帶領大家鼓掌，不過他卻禁止自己的人民聽相同的歌曲。 金正恩和他的妻子李雪主在表演結束後接見了該樂團，李雪主本人曾是名歌手。但是現在有愈來愈多證據顯示，這一類稱作韓國流行音樂的音樂，對這位獨裁者的政權而言漸漸成為一項威脅。 日前一項由南韓的統一媒體集團所進行的調查指出，現在有愈來愈多的脫北者說音樂是他們對政府感到幻滅的一個關鍵因素。 《飄渺的烏托邦：北韓的戲劇、電影和日常表演》作者 金淑雲（音譯） 北韓的年輕一代找到很多有創意的方法接觸外國媒體。過去二十年來，南韓流行文化在北韓受歡迎得不得了，而這確實已經開始影響北韓人對這個世界的認知，以及反思他們自己在北韓的生活。 CNN特派員 布萊恩．陶德 北韓的第一夫妻本身是那類音樂的熱衷粉絲，因此他們組了自有的女子樂團：牡丹峰，也就是金正恩精挑細選、穿著緊身洋裝的少女團體，唱著韓國流行歌曲和對他們老闆的頌歌。但是有位脫北者說，那差不多就是北韓年輕人被允許消費流行音樂的限度了。 脫北者 姜娜拉（音譯）（經由口譯） 北韓是個受到如此嚴格控制的社會，你能夠追隨的風潮非常有限。李雪主或牡丹峰樂團的成員是我們唯一被允許追隨的模範。 CNN特派員 布萊恩．陶德 金正恩政權禁止任何外國媒體內容流入，除非經過嚴格審查，但還是滲透進去了。李賢（音譯）在五年前脫北。李賢是金正恩政權下的財政高官之子，他住在北韓時，經由朋友偷偷帶入而得以接觸南韓流行音樂。他說任何第一次聽到南韓流行音樂的北韓年輕人，都會因當中的差異而感到震驚。 那種音樂中有什麼是他們的音樂所沒有的呢？ 脫北者 李賢（音譯） 北韓的音樂不帶任何情感或愛的感覺，再來，也沒有社會的自由，反觀南韓的音樂重視情感和愛。 CNN特派員 布萊恩．陶德 李賢說韓國流行音樂的浪潮是如此巨大，加上這種音樂和影片的黑市需求是如此強勁，就連仍在北韓境內的年輕人都知道〈江南風格〉，那首由藝人PSY演唱的歌曲是史上首支達十億次點閱的YouTube影片。但這是股金正恩正設法壓制的浪潮。 分析師指出，在金正恩政權下，北韓對其人民消費韓國流行音樂的取締增強了。脫北者說，金正恩有個令人喪膽、叫作一○九小隊的安全勤務單位，那是一個機動式的行動小組，專門搜尋遭禁的CD和隨身碟。 脫北者 李賢（音譯） 基本上他們會隨時隨地搜你身和到你家翻箱倒櫃。一旦有北韓人被一○九小隊抓到，嚴重的懲罰是處決。 CNN特派員 布萊恩．陶德 會讓北韓一般年輕人惹禍上身的不是只有聽南韓流行音樂而已。一名年輕的脫北者告訴《華盛頓郵報》，她在看過一些韓國流行音樂的影片之後，想要仿效他們的穿著風格。她說她穿上一條牛仔褲去到當地的一個市場。她說地方當局逼她當場脫掉牛仔褲，然後當她的面把褲子給燒了。
If Blackpink were ever a secret, that secret is out. 2019 saw them headline Coachella, and their fandom - known as Blinks - suddenly included Ariana Grande and Harry Styles.
They’re talented, good-looking and falling in love. Rhee Myung-Bak, stage name Remi, is K-pop band SBG’s resident bookworm. It was his idea to bring in a biographer to write a substantial biography of the band’s members. Little did he know the biographer would fall in love with one of his bandmates or that she would ask Remi to write the introduction to the book. Because he agreed, he finds himself at a bookstore signing books rather than CD box sets of the band’s albums. And he never would have guessed that he’d fall in love at first sight while doing so. Nam Ji-Yoon gets thrown into heading up the Jenna Oliver/Remi book signing last minute when her store manager goes into labor, but things seem to be going well—at least until fans of another K-pop group start a fight with the SBG fans in line to get their books signed. In the aftermath, she has to deal with unwanted media attention, a regional manager who unfairly blames her for the fight, and a black eye that resulted from the fist of one of the agitators. One good thing to come out of the fiasco, however, is a new and unexpected friendship with Remi. However, she’s not ready for when her feelings start deepening for him, especially since she doesn’t believe in lasting relationships. Remi and Ji-Yoon must navigate fan wars, unexpected dangers and even family on the way to happily ever after.
This book offers an in-depth academic discourse on the convergence of AI, digital platforms, and popular culture, in order to understand the ways in which the platform and cultural industries have reshaped and developed AI-driven algorithmic cultural production and consumption. At a time of fundamental change for the media and cultural industries, driven by the emergence of big data, algorithms, and AI, the book examines how media ecology and popular culture are evolving to serve the needs of both media and cultural industries and consumers. The analysis documents global governments’ rapid development of AI-relevant policies and identifies key policy issues; examines the ways in which cultural industries firms utilize AI and algorithms to advance the new forms of cultural production and distribution; investigates change in cultural consumption by analyzing the ways in which AI, algorithms, and digital platforms reshape people’s consumption habits; and examines whether governments and corporations have advanced reliable public and corporate policies and ethical codes to secure socio-economic equality. Offering a unique perspective on this timely and vital issue, this book will be of interest to scholars and students in media studies, communication studies, anthropology, globalization studies, sociology, cultural studies, Asian studies, and science and technology studies (STS).
Teen Genreflecting serves as a guide to contemporary teen fiction, encompassing every genre and format, including graphic novels, scrapbook-formatted books, verse novels, historical fiction, speculative fiction, contemporary realistic fiction, and more. Teen literature is one of the most popular and quickly growing segments of the publishing world. Not only are teens continuing to read for pleasure, but many adults have discovered the joys of teen literature. As part of the Genreflecting Advisory Series, Teen Genreflecting provides librarians with a road map to the vibrant and diverse body of literature focusing on recent fiction for teens, organizing and describing some 1,300 titles, most published within the past ten years, along with perennial classics. The authors indicate where each title fits in the genre scheme; its subject matter, format, and general reading level; and any pertinent awards. They also provide advice on readers' advisory services to teens, descriptions of genres and subgenres, and lists of favorites for each genre. As with previous editions, this guide will prove invaluable to librarians building their teen collections and will help them assist teens in finding the books they love, no matter what genre.
This collection breaks down the stereotypes often expected of Korean popular culture, specifically examining issues of gender, sexuality, and stereotype in a variety of cultural products including K-pop, K-drama, and cover dancing through the lens of how “Koreanness” can be defined. A diverse range of of contributors showcase how Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, began as a wave rolling across Asia and morphed into a tsunami that has impacted every continent, making Korean popular culture an industry that draws in fans on a global scale. The stereotypes and issues being explored in this collection, contributors argue, are intertwined with how Koreans both at home and in the diaspora portray themselves publicly and consider themselves privately. In tandem with this, international fans of Hallyu take part in the conversation through performance and imitation, either reinforcing or breaking away from these stereotypes. Contributors examine a wide variety of settings to connect the concepts of traditional Korean values to modern Korean society in a symbiotic relationship between these values and cultural content creators. Scholars of media studies, pop culture, gender studies, Asian studies, sociology, and cultural studies will find this book particularly useful.
They're talented, good-looking and falling in love. Park Kwan, known as PK to fans of K-pop superstar group SBG, is the epitome of the maknae, the youngest member of the group. He is a high-energy, funny, teasing ball of fun and quite possibly the biggest flirt in South Korea. No one would ever call him serious, other than in regards to how hard he's worked with his bandmates to ensure SBG's success. But no one is more surprised when he starts falling in love than he is. Moon Yoo-Ri has endured the kind of pain no one ever should. A year ago she lost her parents and younger sister in a horrific car crash that she survived. If not for her circle of friends, the survivor's guilt might have claimed her as well. But even though she's beginning to heal in small steps, building her fledgling history tours company, her friends still worry that she'll never be happy again. So her best friend arranges a surprise birthday party and invites Yoo-Ri's favorite member of SBG to attend, knowing it's a long shot. When PK walks into her party, however, Yoo-Ri is so stunned she thinks she's hallucinating. Even more surprising are how PK continues to stay in touch in the weeks and months ahead, how they become genuine friends, how PK helps Yoo-Ri learn to really live again in the aftermath of tragedy, and finally PK's admission that he loves her every bit as much as she's come to love him.
They’re talented, good-looking and falling in love. SBG is one of the most successful K-pop bands in the world with tons of fans, but that actually makes finding love all the more difficult. For Choi Ha-Joon, known simply as Hajoon, his focus has been on working hard to make SBG a success alongside his bandmates. He hasn’t had time for or even thought much about falling in love. But when American biographer Jenna Oliver arrives in Seoul to live with SBG in order to write their group biography, things begin to change. At first he’s not fond of having someone invade their personal space and is suspicious of her, but as he gets to know Jenna he grows to respect her not only as a professional but as a person. And that respect and budding friendship soon veers toward attraction and deeper feelings he’s never experienced before. Jenna Oliver is used to feeling like the odd one out. After all, she grew up bouncing from one foster home to another then went to college at age fifteen. By the time she was out of her teens, she’d already completed graduate school and had started her career as a successful biographer. So when she arrives in South Korea to write about a K-pop band, it’s just another instance of being the odd bird. But this new undertaking is full of surprises. Not only does she develop strong bonds with the band members who basically adopt her as a sister, she finds herself falling hard for Hajoon. But some of the band’s fans are not happy with Jenna’s closeness with SBG, particularly one of Hajoon’s more obsessive fans. To find their happy ending, Hajoon and Jenna have to deal with an industry that frowns on idols dating, fan outcry and their own doubts and concerns. But no one ever said love was easy, especially when you live in the spotlight.
Converging theory and practice, this book provides a unique analysis of Korean youth’s attempts to become global celebrities within the growing K-pop phenomenon, which is rapidly becoming part of global media systems and culture. K-pop has become one of the most popular cultural forms in the global music markets, despite having a relatively new global presence. Its recent spread around the world suggests that K-pop exists as a local-based genre of music in global markets, including Western markets. Unlike other existing books on K-pop, which mainly focus solely on academic analyses or industrial perspectives, K-Pop Idols: Popular Culture and the Emergence of Korean Music Industry combines theory with industry and musical aesthetics. Following the idol group Nine Muses through a year-long chronicle, the authors portray the everyday lives of young girls relentlessly pursuing happiness, satisfaction, and the achievement of their dreams in the K-pop world.
