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Popular Culture and the Transformation of Japan–Korea Relations

Author : Rumi Sakamoto,Stephen Epstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429679889

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Popular Culture and the Transformation of Japan–Korea Relations by Rumi Sakamoto,Stephen Epstein Pdf

This book presents essays exploring the ways in which popular culture reflects and engenders ongoing changes in Japan–Korea relations. Through a broad temporal coverage from the colonial period to the contemporary, the book’s chapters analyse the often contradictory roles that popular culture has played in either promoting or impeding nationalisms, regional conflict and reconciliations between Japan and Korea. Its contributors link several key areas of interest in East Asian Studies, including conflicts over historical memories and cultural production, grassroots challenges to state ideology, and the consequences of digital technology in Japan and South Korea. Taking recent discourse on Japan and South Korea as popular cultural superpowers further, this book expands its focus from mainstream entertainment media to the lived experience of daily life, in which sentiments and perceptions of the "popular" are formed. It will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese and Korean studies, as well as film studies, media studies and cultural studies more widely. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Postwar South Korea and Japanese Popular Culture

Author : Sungmin Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1876843748

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Postwar South Korea and Japanese Popular Culture by Sungmin Kim Pdf

After World War II, Japanese popular culture was "banned" in Korea. However, despite the official ban, Japanese popular culture was introduced and circulated through hidden or unofficial channels. In fact, the author, born in Seoul in 1976, grew up watching the animated TV series Astro Boy with its theme song in Korean. He recalls that it was not until the 1990s that he learned that Astro Boy was produced in Japan. Why was Japanese popular culture banned? How did Japanese popular culture spread in Korea despite the ban and the changing political situation? This book analyzes the history of how Japanese culture has been accepted into Korean society, citing numerous animated and visual works as examples. Japan-Korea relations have undergone dramatic changes, and although Japan and Korea are increasingly linked in terms of politics, economics, and cultural production, the relationship remains fragile due to the colonial history of the two countries. This book is a unique attempt to rethink postwar Japan-Korea relations from the perspective of transnational cultural space.

South Korean Popular Culture

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032233729

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South Korean Popular Culture by Anonim Pdf

"This book explores the recent landscape of Korean popular culture, including celebrity diplomacy, political activism, and inter-Korean relations in the era of 'ontact', with a special focus on K-pop and K-drama. Utilising the interdisciplinary approach, along with theoretical accounts, it redefines popular culture and its true power - beyond soft power - including discussions of how the pandemic and the use of online platforms have coincidently or effectively influenced recent phenomena surrounding Korean popular culture. It reveals both the possibilities and pitfalls of Hallyu diplomacy and the UN's celebrity diplomacy more broadly, and highlights how, through the mobilisation of a large internet fanbase, the modern K-pop 'standom' can influence political discourse. The book also features an examination of the political significance of the K-drama through which it highlights the potential of popular media to impact inter-Korean relations and inform current international understanding and perception of the Korean conflict. Dealing with the wider scope of Korean popular culture this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of South Korea, international relations, public diplomacy, political activism, and cultural and media studies"--

History of Popular Culture in Japan

Author : E. Taylor Atkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350195950

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History of Popular Culture in Japan by E. Taylor Atkins Pdf

The phenomenon of 'Cool Japan' is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture in Japan provides the first historical and analytical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, using it to explore broader themes of conflict, power and meaning in Japanese history. E. Taylor Atkins shows how Japan was one of the earliest sites for the development of mass-produced, market-oriented cultural products consumed by urban middle and working classes. From traditional monochrome ink painting, court literature and poetry to anime, manga and J-Pop, popular culture was pivotal in the rise of Japanese nationalism, imperialism, militarism and economic development, and to the present day plays a central role in Japanese identity. With updated historiography throughout, this fully revised second edition features: - A new chapter on popular culture in the Edo period - An expanded section on pre-Tokugawa culture - More discussion on recent pop culture phenomena such as TV game shows, cuteness and J-Pop - 10 new images - A new glossary of terms including kanji This improved edition is a vital resource for students of Japanese cultural history wishing to gain a deeper understanding of Japan's contributions to global cultural heritage.

Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century

Author : E. Kang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230376939

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Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century by E. Kang Pdf

During the premodern period, Japan had significant political, economic and cultural relations with Korea. This book purports that this period, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, was the formative stage of the East Asian diplomacy and ideology which laid the foundations for foreign relations between these two countries in the modern period. The book also investigates how Japan's and Korea's political and diplomatic ideologies emerged as a nascent form of nationalism which scholars have not previously clarified.

Japanese Public Sentiment on South Korea

Author : Tetsuro Kobayashi,Atsushi Tago
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000539684

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Japanese Public Sentiment on South Korea by Tetsuro Kobayashi,Atsushi Tago Pdf

The contributors to this book demonstrate empirically how Japanese public opinion is formed amid strained Japan–South Korea relations. Studying public opinion in Japan and South Korea is critically important for exploring the causes and consequences of the deterioration of the relationship between the two countries. Japan–South Korea relations are at their worst level since World War II. Faced with North Korea’s nuclear threat and China’s regional and global advances, Japan and South Korea are each allied with the US and function as key stabilizers within the Asia–Pacific "Pax Americana." These relations play a decisive role in East Asia’s international security. The contributors explore a variety of social scientific methodologies—both conventional quantitative surveys and experiments, as well as quantitative text analyses of published books and computational analyses of social media data—to disentangle the dynamic relationship between Japanese public opinion and Japan–South Korea relations. An invaluable resource for scholars of East Asian regional security issues.

The Cambridge Companion to K-Pop

Author : Suk-Young Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108837057

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The Cambridge Companion to K-Pop by Suk-Young Kim Pdf

Probes the complexities of this vibrant global phenomenon, its infrastructure, idols, dance practices, and transnational community building.

The Soft Power of the Korean Wave

Author : Youna Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000437522

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The Soft Power of the Korean Wave by Youna Kim Pdf

At this fascinating historical moment, this timely collection explores the new meaning of the Korean Wave and the process of media production, representation, distribution and consumption in a global context as a distinctive and complex form of soft power. Focusing on the most recent phenomenon of Korean popular culture, this book considers the Korean Wave in the global digital age and addresses the social, cultural and political implications in their complexity within the contexts of global inequalities and uneven power structures. The collection brings together internationally renowned scholars and regional specialists to examine this historically significant, visibly growing, yet under-explored current phenomenon in the global digital age. Drawing on a wide range of perspectives from media and communications, cultural studies, sociology, history and anthropology, and including a series of case studies from Asia, the USA, Europe and the Middle East, it provides an empirically rich and theoretically stimulating tour of this area of study, going beyond the standard Euro-American view of the evolving and complex dynamics of the media today. This collection is essential reading for students and scholars interested in Korean popular culture and in film, media, fandom and cultural industries more widely.

Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture

Author : Beng Huat Chua
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789888139033

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Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture by Beng Huat Chua Pdf

East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process of transcultural audiences and the processes of audiences’ formation and exercise of consumer power and engagement with national politics. In an era where exercise of military power is increasingly restrained, pop culture has become an important component of soft power diplomacy and transcultural collaborations in a region that is still haunted by colonization and violence. The author notes that the aspirations behind national governments' efforts to use popular culture is limited by the fragmented nature of audiences who respond differently to the same products; by the danger of backlash from other members of the importing country's population that do not consume the popular culture products in question; and by the efforts of the primary consuming country, the People's Republic of China to shape products through co-production strategies and other indirect modes of intervention.

The Making of Modern Korea

Author : Adrian Buzo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000776652

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The Making of Modern Korea by Adrian Buzo Pdf

This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced, and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in analysing domestic developments in the two Koreas in the wider context of regional and international affairs. Key features of the book include: comprehensive coverage of modern Korean history since 1876 expanded coverage of social and cultural affairs up-to-date analysis of contemporary North Korea, including assessments of the Kim Jong Un administration and development of its nuclear weapons programme a detailed chronology and suggestions for further reading The Making of Modern Korea is a valuable one-volume resource for students of modern Korean history, international politics, and Asian Studies.

War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan

Author : Takayoshi Yamamura,Philip Seaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781000603644

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War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan by Takayoshi Yamamura,Philip Seaton Pdf

This book examines the phenomenon of war-related contents tourism throughout Japanese history, from conflicts described in ancient Japanese myth through to contemporary depictions of fantasy and futuristic warfare. It tackles two crucial questions: first, how does war transition from being traumatic to entertaining in the public imagination and works of popular culture; and second, how does visitation to war-related sites transition from being an act of mourning or commemorative pilgrimage into an act of devotion or fan pilgrimage? Representing the collaboration of ten expert researchers of Japanese popular culture and travel, it develops a theoretical framework for understanding war-related contents tourism and demonstrates the framework in practice via numerous short case studies across a millennium of warfare in Japan including: the tales of heroic deities in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters, AD 712), the Edo poetry of Matsuo Basho, and the Pacific war through lens of popular media such as the animated film Grave of the Fireflies. This book will be of interest to researchers and students in tourism studies and cultural studies, as well as more general issues of war and peace in Japan, East Asia and beyond.

Dress History of Korea

Author : Kyunghee Pyun,Minjee Kim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781350143395

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Dress History of Korea by Kyunghee Pyun,Minjee Kim Pdf

Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress and fashion of Korea. Through close analysis of visual, written, and material sources-some newly excavated or recently re-discovered in global museums-the book reveals how dress and adornment evolved from the period of state formation to the modern era. Authors with a range of academic and curatorial experience discuss the close relation of dress and adornments to the socio-political and cultural history of Korea and place the dress history of Korea within broader contexts in studies of fashion, material culture, museology, and costume design. As in other cultures, modern Korean fashion owes many of its styles to historic dress and this process of adaptation is explored within high fashion and popular culture contexts in ways that benefit historians, curators, and designers alike. With key materials newly available to global readers, Dress History of Korea is the indispensable guide to the study of Korean dress and fashion.

The Oxford Handbook of South Korean Politics

Author : JeongHun Han,Ramon Pacheco Pardo,Youngho Cho
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192646378

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The Oxford Handbook of South Korean Politics by JeongHun Han,Ramon Pacheco Pardo,Youngho Cho Pdf

South Korea is best-known for its economic development, democratic transition and consolidation, vibrant civil society, and emergence as a cultural powerhouse. The Oxford Handbook of South Korean Politics presents and analyses contemporary South Korean politics, bringing together domestic political, economic, social cultural, and demographic developments and putting them in the context of trends in fellow developed countries. The Handbook is divided into seven sections: introduction; core concepts; institutions, parties, elections, and voters; civil society; culture and media; public policy and policy-making; and the international arena. The overarching premise of the Handbook is that we have to move away from traditional understandings of South Korean politics that considered them to be static, focusing instead on how and why contemporary South Korea is a vibrant and dynamic democracy in which multiple groups and ideas are represented.

Mediating the South Korean Other

Author : David C. Oh
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780472220373

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Mediating the South Korean Other by David C. Oh Pdf

Multiculturalism in Korea formed in the context of its neoliberal, global aspirations, its postcolonial legacy with Japan, and its subordinated neocolonial relationship with the United States. The Korean ethnoscape and mediascape produce a complex understanding of difference that cannot be easily reduced to racism or ethnocentrism. Indeed the Korean word, injongchabyeol, often translated as racism, refers to discrimination based on any kind of “human category.” Explaining Korea’s relationship to difference and its practices of othering, including in media culture, requires new language and nuance in English-language scholarship. This collection brings together leading and emerging scholars of multiculturalism in Korean media culture to examine mediated constructions of the “other,” taking into account the nation’s postcolonial and neocolonial relationships and its mediated construction of self. “Anthrocategorism,” a more nuanced translation of injongchabyeol, is proffered as a new framework for understanding difference in ways that are locally meaningful in a society and media system in which racial or even ethnic differences are not the most salient. The collection points to the construction of racial others that elevates, tolerates, and incorporates difference; the construction of valued and devalued ethnic others; and the ambivalent construction of co-ethnic others as sympathetic victims or marginalized threats.

Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films

Author : Kyung Moon Hwang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031272684

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Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films by Kyung Moon Hwang Pdf

This open access book examines the depiction of Korean history in recent South Korean historical films. Released over the Hallyu (“Korean Wave”) period starting in the mid-1990s, these films have reflected, shaped, and extended the thriving public discourse over national history. In these works, the balance between fate and freedom—the negotiation between societal constraints and individual will, as well as cyclical and linear history—functions as a central theme, subtext, or plot device for illuminating a rich variety of historical events, figures, and issues. In sum, these highly accomplished films set in Korea’s past address universal concerns about the relationship between structure and agency, whether in collective identity or in individual lives. Written in an engaging and accessible style by an established historian, Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films offers a distinctive perspective on understanding and appreciating Korean history and culture.