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This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean music s evolution, contextual interactions, and global positioning from historical, sociocultural, and aesthetic perspectives. It brings together various scholarly contributions to analyse Korean music s transformations, innovations, and cultural suggestions, with a focus on its historical roots and contemporary manifestations. This book captures the multifaceted dynamics in Korean music, showcasing its adaptability and global importance while addressing cultural identity, tradition, and innovation.
List of contents
Part I. Introduction.- 1. Mapping Korean Music: Tradition, Classical Forms, K-Pop and more.- Part II. Korean Music and its national focused impact.- 2. Shifts and Stasis in the Promotion of Gugak: Observing and Interacting with Korean Music, 1979 2024.- 3. Beyond cultural boundaries The Aesthetics of Interculturality in 21st-century Korean Contemporary Music.- 4. Changgeuk as a window into shifting perceptions of gender in Korean society.- 5. Origins of Global Korean Music: Overseas Performances of South Korean Traditional Music During the Cold War Period.- 6. Pop Stars, the Korean Government, and the Forgotten Stakeholders of Tradition.- 7. Legitimizing Fandom: K-pop Playback Formats and Collecting Real Music.- Part III. Korean music and its international focused impact.- 8. Classicism and Inter-Asian Collaboration in Contemporary Music: The cases of "Eternal Pine by Chou Wen-chung/Yi Jiyang, and " u by Unsuk Chin/Wu Wie.- 9. Are Korean musicians competition-minded? History of competition and new paths.- 10. Two is better than one: The Dynamics of Music-Making in American-Korean Collaborations.- 11. Strategies and Issues of Sustainability in Korean Drumming and Performing Arts Organizations in the United States.- 12. Inventing a pan : History of pansori s reception in France.
About the author
Anna Yates-Lu is Associate Professor in the Department of Korean Music at Seoul National University, specializing in ethnomusicology
HeeSook Oh is Professor of Musicology at the College of Music, Seoul National University, where she focuses on aesthetics of music and contemporary Korean music.
Summary
This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean music’s evolution, contextual interactions, and global positioning from historical, sociocultural, and aesthetic perspectives. It brings together various scholarly contributions to analyse Korean music’s transformations, innovations, and cultural suggestions, with a focus on its historical roots and contemporary manifestations. This book captures the multifaceted dynamics in Korean music, showcasing its adaptability and global importance while addressing cultural identity, tradition, and innovation.
