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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Haekyung Um, Um Haekyung
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2023, ritardato
• EAN: 9781138943711
• ISBN: 978-1-138-94371-1
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series; Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series; Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; 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