The sociology of Hallyu pop culture : surfing the Korean Wave / Vincenzo Cicchelli, Sylvie Octobre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cicchelli, Vincenzo.

Contributor:

Octobre, Sylvie.

Raillard, Sarah-Louise, translator.

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Korea (South).

Popular culture.

Manners and customs.

Korea (South).

Popular culture and globalization.

Korea (South)--Social life and customs--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Preface: BTS, Riding the Hallyu Crest

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Contents

About the Authors

1: Introduction: Hallyu as an Alternative Aestheticized Global Pop Culture

1 Global Pop Culture

1.1 The P in Global Pop Culture

1.2 Creating a Common Landscape

2 The Korean Wave: From the Margins to the Mainstream

2.1 Hallyu 1.0: A Regional Success Story

2.2 Hallyu 2.0: From East to West

3 A Monographic Approach to Hallyu: Production, Circulation, and Consumption

3.1 Through the Lens of Hallyu: A Multiscalar Approach

3.2 Hallyu in France

3.3 Global Pop Culture and Pop Cosmopolitanism

3.4 Hallyu as an Aestheticized Pop Culture System

4 Conclusion

2: Is Entertainment Capitalism the Ultimate Stage of Aesthetic Capitalism?

1 A Critique of Aesthetic Capitalism

1.1 The Tenets of Aesthetic Capitalism

1.2 Addictive Aesthetics

1.3 Emotional Aesthetics

1.4 The Aesthetics of "Cool"

2 South Korean Capitalism

2.1 Accelerated and Internationally Oriented Economic Modernization

2.2 The Jurassic Park Syndrome

2.3 State Capitalism

2.4 The "Cultural Package" Industry: The Example of SM Entertainment

3 The Distinctive Traits of Entertainment Capitalism

3.1 Serialized Production

3.2 From the Artist to the Transmedia Idol

3.3 Fans as Co-producers

3.4 Promoting an Ideology of Well-Being

3: An Alternative Globalization of Pop Culture

1 The Global Pop-Cultural Arena

1.1 The Domination of the Big Three League

1.2 Toward a New Multipolar Cultural Order

2 The Dominance of the United States

2.1 The Pillars of US Pop Culture

2.2 Signs of Weakening

3 Developing an Alternative

3.1 The American Lesson

3.2 Three Lessons from Japan

3.3 Global Pop Culture, South Korean Style

4: From Soft Power to "Sweet Power"

1 Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Industries

1.1 Three Models of Cultural Diplomacy

1.2 "Cool Japan"

1.3 Imperialism and Cultural Resistance

2 South Korea as a Global Brand

2.1 Playing on the International Stage

2.2 The Segyehwa Strategy

2.3 Telling the Story of Resilience, Modernity, and Harmony

3 South Korean Sweet Power

3.1 The Sweet Image of an In-Between Nation

3.2 Sweet Power and Its Impact on Tourism

3.3 The Limits of Sweet Power in Terms of Regional Leadership

5: The Theory of Cosmopolitan Elective Affinities

1 The Hallyu Appeal in the Global Pop Landscape

1.1 The Appeal of the Familiar and the Exotic

1.2 The Poverty of Culturalism

2 The Work of the Cosmopolitan Amateur

2.1 Understanding Cosmopolitan Reception

2.2 Strange Familiarity and Reassuring Difference

3 Unknown and Mysterious South Korea

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

3.1 Historically Tenuous Ties with France.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Cicchelli, Vincenzo The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture

ISBN:

9783030842963

3030842967

Publisher Number:

99989030773

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