Asian Pop Music in Cosmopolitan Europe - K-Pop Fandom in the Age of Globalization

This book explores in detail how the extraordinary global success of Korean pop music - K-Pop - has been received in Europe. Focusing on the United Kingdom, Germany and Austria, it discusses the motivations and characteristics of K-Pop fans, examines the role of new media, cultural polices and global creative industries, and relates K-Pop fandom to the multicultural and cosmopolitan milieu of much of Europe. The book concludes by assessing how far K-Pop fandom is part of a new global popular youth culture.

About the author

Haekyung Kim is a Lecturer in Music at the University of Liverpool

Michael Fuhr is an Assistant Professor of Music in Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media

Sang-Yeon Loise Sung is a Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna

Summary

This book explores in detail how the extraordinary global success of Korean pop music – K-Pop – has been received in Europe. Focusing on the United Kingdom, Germany and Austria, it discusses the motivations and characteristics of K-Pop fans, examines the role of new media, cultural polices and global creative industries, and relates K-Pop fandom to the multicultural and cosmopolitan milieu of much of Europe. The book concludes by assessing how far K-Pop fandom is part of a new global popular youth culture.

Product details

• Authors: Haekyung Um, Um Haekyung
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2023
• EAN: 9781138943711
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94371-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series; Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series; Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Rock, Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, Europe, Rock & Pop music, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, South Korea, Social and cultural history, Pop Music, Popular Music, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General