Contemporary Korean culture from the edge transgression, innovation, and intimacy edited by Jooyeon Rhee, Hong Kal, and Thomas R. Klassen

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rhee, Jooyeon, editor.

Kal, Hong, editor.

Klassen, Thomas Richard, 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korea (South)--Social life and customs.

Korea (South).

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York Bloomsbury Academic 2026

Summary:

"This book is for any reader seeking to understand and engage with contemporary South Korean culture. Inspired by the term “edge”, which in Korean refers to attitudes and ideas that are new, gripping and transgressive, each chapter provides a new perspective on today’s Korea. Drawing from a range perspectives, Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge: Transgression, Innovation, and Intimacy examines Korean culture (including food, music, fashion, K-pop, cinema and much more) as twenty-first century global phenomenon. The book highlights unique features of Korean culture such as the role of astrology in K-pop fandom, feminist art, and recent fiction, poetry, and drama. In uncovering underrepresented areas of modern Korea, the chapters pay attention to lesser known but important aspects, such as the country’s astonishingly dynamic urban architecture. By casting a wide net, and including bottom-up cultural movements, such as protest art, the book reveals the rich and critical role that art, music, and literature play in Korea"-- Bloomsbury Collections

Contents:

Introduction to Korean culture from the edge / Jooyeon Rhee, Hong Kal and Thomas R. Klassen

Shifting cultural politics in the new Korean wave era / Dal and Yong Jin

At the intersection of art and politics / Hong Kal

Someone please come knocking / Bruce Fulton

Looking to the stars / Keung Yoon Bae

The Korean style / Michael W. Hurt

After the feminism reboot / Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon

Jogakbo architecture / Daekwon Park

A century in the making / Wonseok Lee and Pil Ho Kim

Digital visual culture in Korean crime thrillers / Mi Young Park

Healing the nation through the small screen / Bonnie Tilland

Aging, mutual affection, and romance / Joanna Elfving-Hwang

From hansik to Korean corn dogs / Jooyeon Rhee

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from digital title page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed June 11, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Contemporary Korean culture from the edge

ISBN:

9798216253099

9781978748590

1978748590

9781978768529

1978768524

OCLC:

1591762146

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