From factory girls to K-pop idol girls : cultural politics of developmentalism, patriarchy, and neoliberalism in South Korea's popular music industry / Gooyong Kim ; [foreword by Douglas Kellner[.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Gooyong, author.

Series:

For the record: Lexington studies in rock and popular music

For the record : Lexington studies in rock and popular music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Korea (South)--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Popular music--Political aspects--Korea (South).

Popular music--Political aspects.

Korea (South).

Women--Korea (South)--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 151 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Popular Culture as a Strategic Field of Neoliberal Intervention: Developmentalism, Neoliberal Social Policy, and Governmentality in the Post-IMF Korean Popular Music Industry

2. K-Pop Idol Girl Groups as Cultural Genre of Neoliberalism: Patriarchy, Developmentalism, and Structure of Feeling/Experience in K-Pop

3. Between Hybridity and Hegemony in K-Pop's Global Popularity: A Case of Girls' Generation's American Debut

4. Genealogy and Affective Economy of K-Pop Female Idols: From Cute and Innocent, to Ambiguous Femininity, to Explicit Sexualization

5. Elusive Subjectivity of K-Pop Female Idols: Split-Personality, Narcissism, and Neo-Confucian Body Techniques in Suzy of Miss A

6. Resilience, Positive Psychology, and Subjectivity in K-Pop Female Idols: Evolution of Girls' Generation from "Into the New World" (2007) to "All Night" (2017)

7. The 90s, the Most Stunning Days of Our Lives: Retro K-Pop Music, Nostalgia, and Positive Psychology in Contemporary Korea.

Notes:

Originally published: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498548847

1498548849

OCLC:

1173956912