The Routledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society
The Routledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society

Author: Youna Kim

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781138959965

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Part I: Formation of Korea -- 1. Compressed modernity in South Korea: constitutive dimensions, manifesting units, and historical conditions -- 2. Militarized modernity and gendered mass mobilization -- 3. The socioeconomic foundations of South Korea's democracy movement -- 4. The seventy-year history of North Korean cultural formation -- 5. Religion in twenty-first century Korean lives -- Part II: Transforming Korea -- 6. The muddled middle class in globalized South Korea -- 7. South Korean youth across three decades -- 8. The Korean family in transition -- 9. Immigrant subempire, migrant labor activism and multiculturalism in contemporary South Korea -- 10. North Korea now: turning point for a regime of rightlessness? Part III : Digital Korea -- 11. How to understand the emergence of digital Korea --12. Modern Korean literature and cultural identity in a pre- and post-colonial digital age -- 13. South Korean cinema story in the digital age: 21st century success on a 20th century medium? -- 14. Digital media and democratic transition in Korea --15. Digital media and the rise of connected individuals in Korea -- Part IV: Global Korea --16. Korean diaspora and diasporic nationalism -- 17. An overview of Korean American women's writing: "skin upon skin"--18. The Korean wave: Korean popular culture in a digital cosmopolitan world -- 19. K-pop music and transnationalism -- 20. Transnational sport and expressions of global Koreaness

Routledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society
Routledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society

Author: Youna Kim

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 1317337212

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The Routledge Handbook of Korean Culture and Society is an accessible and interdisciplinary resource that explores the formation and transformation of Korean culture and society. Each chapter provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking overview on key topics, including: compressed modernity, religion, educational migration, social class and inequality, popular culture, digitalisation, diasporic cultures and cosmopolitanism. These topics are thoroughly explored by an international team of Korea experts, who provide historical context, examine key issues and debates, and highlight emerging questions in order to set the research agenda for the near future. Providing an interdisciplinary overview of Korean culture and society, this Handbook is an essential read for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well scholars in Korean Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and Asian Studies in general.

South Korean Popular Culture and North Korea
South Korean Popular Culture and North Korea

Author: Youna Kim

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1351104101

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Over recent decades South Korea’s vibrant and distinctive populist culture has spread extensively throughout the world. This book explores how this "Korean wave" has also made an impact in North Korea. The book reveals that although South Korean media have to be consumed underground and unofficially in North Korea, they are widely watched and listened to. The book examines the ways in which this is leading to popular yearning in North Korea for migration, defecting to the South or for people to just become more like South Koreans. Overall, the book demonstrates that the soft power of the Korean wave is having an undermining impact on the hard, constraining cultural climate of North Korea.

Contemporary South Korean Society
Contemporary South Korean Society

Author: Hŭi-yŏn Cho

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0415691397

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The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called 'Korean wave' in Asia mean there is an increasing desire to understand contemporary Korean Society. To this end, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis of the diverse issues that impact on and shape contemporary Korean society at both local and national levels. The contributors address issues and movements which include: The state and regime Human rights Gender Civil society and social movements Culture Religion Domestic and migrant labour Welfare The chapters in this volume provide a critical perspective on Korean society, and draw upon interdisciplinary research from across the social sciences. With contributions from leading Korean scholars and academics from around the world, this is a welcome addition to the growing field of Korean Studies, and will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in Korean studies, Korean and Asian culture and society, and Asian studies more generally.

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea

Author: Sojin Lim

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-08-30

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1000421538

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The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea offers a ground-breaking study of the socio-political development of the Korean peninsula in the contemporary period. Written by an international team of scholars and experts, contributions to this book address key intellectual questions in the development of Korean studies, projecting new ways of thinking about how international systems can be organised and how local societies adapt to global challenges. Academically rigorous, each chapter defines current research and lends the reader greater understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and political developments of South Korea, ranging from chapters on the Korean Wave to relations with North Korea and the Korean language overseas. The volume is divided into eight sections, each representing a focused area of inquiry: socio-political history contemporary politics political economy and development society culture international relations security and diplomacy South Korea in international education This handbook provides an interdisciplinary and comprehensive account of contemporary South Korea. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Korean history, politics and international relations, culture and society, and will also appeal to policy makers interested in the Indo-Asia Pacific region.

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea

Author: Sojin Lim

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 9781032052175

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"The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea offers a ground-breaking study of the socio-political development of the Korean peninsula in the contemporary period. Written by an international team of scholars and experts, contributions to this book address key intellectual questions in the development of Korean studies, projecting new ways of thinking about how international systems can be organised and how local societies adapt to global challenges. Academically rigorous, each chapter defines current research and lends the reader greater understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and political developments of South Korea, ranging from chapters on the Korean Wave, to relations with North Korea and the Korean language overseas. The volume is divided into eight sections, each representing a focused area of inquiry: Socio-Political History Contemporary Politics Political Economy and Development Society Culture International Relations Security and Diplomacy South Korea in International Education This handbook provides an interdisciplinary and comprehensive account of contemporary South Korea. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Korean history, politics and international relations, culture and society, and will also appeal to policy makers interested in the Indo-Asia Pacific region"--

Korean Mind
Korean Mind

Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 1462907709

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The Koreans: understanding a people and their culture through key words and language. Koreans have a unique character and personality that sets them apart from all other Asians. And although Korean attitudes and behavior may be influenced by the modern world, the Korean mindset is still very much shaped by ancient culture and traditions. As is the case with all ancient cultures created within highly refined and meticulously structured social systems over thousands of years, one of the keys to understanding traditional Korean attitudes and behavior is the language of the people--or more precisely, key words in the language. These key words provide access to the Korean mind--to core concepts and emotions, the attitudes and feelings that make up the Korean psyche. These key terms reveal both the heart and soul of Koreans and provide bridges for communicating and interacting with Koreans on the most fundamental level. In The Korean Mind, Boye Lafayette De Mente explores the meanings and cultural context of the most important "code words" of the Korean language, terms whose significance goes well beyond their literal definitions, providing an insight into Korean culture and the personality of the Korean people. Keywords include: Aboji, Ah-boh-jee -- The "Father Culture" Anae, Ah-negh -- Wives: The Inside People Han Yak, Hahn Yahk -- The Herbal Way to Health Innae, Een-nay -- A Culture of Enduring Katun Sosuy Pap, Kaht-unn Soh-suut Pahp -- Eating from the Same Rice Bowl And over 200 more…

Introducing Korean Popular Culture
Introducing Korean Popular Culture

Author: Youna Kim

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-06-28

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 1000892263

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This new textbook is a timely and interdisciplinary resource for students looking for an introduction to Korean popular culture, exploring the multifaceted meaning of Korean popular culture at micro and macro levels and the process of cultural production, representation, circulation and consumption in a global context. Drawing on perspectives from the humanities and social sciences, including media and communications, film studies, musicology, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, history and literature, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Korean popular culture and its historical underpinnings, changing roles and dynamic meanings in the present moment of the digital social media age. The book’s sections include: K-pop Music Popular Cinema Television Web Drama, Webtoon and Animation Digital Games and Esports Lifestyle Media, Fashion and Food Nation Branding An accessible, comprehensive and thought-provoking work, providing historical and contemporary contexts, key issues and debates, this textbook will appeal to students of and providers of courses on popular culture, media studies and Korean culture and society more broadly.