{"product_id":"hegemonic-mimicry-9781478013587","title":"Hegemonic Mimicry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKyung Hyun Kim considers the recent global success of Korean popular culture—the Korean wave of pop music, cinema, and television also known as \u003ci\u003ehallyu\u003c\/i\u003e—from a transnational and transcultural perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHegemonic Mimicry\u003c\/i\u003e presents a much-needed update on today's South Korean pop culture—one of the most fascinating epicenters of global cultural flows. Offering a probing insight into a wide spectrum of media productions, it is bound to be a must-read for those hoping to capture the symptomatic signs of the new millennium.” -- Suk-Young Kim, author of * K-Pop Live: Fans, Idols, and Multimedia Performance *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHegemonic Mimicry\u003c\/i\u003e provides insightful, critical analyses of Korean cultural products explored through a variety of lenses: national identity, transnationalism, convergence, social class, Confucianism, simulacra, and cynicism. Unlike many previous studies, Kyung Hyun Kim's book is very effective in theorizing developments in \u003ci\u003ehallyu\u003c\/i\u003e and its global proliferation. Anyone interested in contemporary Korean culture will learn a lot from this book and enjoy Kim's ability to connect ideas and events in brilliant new ways.” -- Roald Maliangkay, author of * Broken Voices: Postcolonial Entanglements and the Preservation of Korea’s Central Folksong Traditions *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHegemonic Mimicry \u003c\/i\u003eis an impressive volume that outlines the reasons behind the recent global success of South Korean popular culture.... Kim’s erudition is considerable, something to be expected given his two earlier well-received monographs.” -- Keith Howard * Asian Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHegemonic Mimicry\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable and significant contribution to the literature on Korean popular culture studies by introducing the concept of ‘hegemonic mimicry’ in detail and approaching Korean popular culture in an interdisciplinary way. This feature of the book will attract scholars from various academic disciplines as well as university students from different backgrounds.\" -- Beyza Dogan * LSE Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e“This book and its central premise will go far. Kim’s concept of and coinage of the term \u003ci\u003ehegemonic mimicry \u003c\/i\u003ealone will no doubt appear in countless essays, book chapters and discussions of South Korean popular culture. . . . Kim is the real deal, a genuine intellect and the book successfully captures the author’s voice and it is filled with insight that will be of interest to both cinema scholars and those who study Asian popular culture.” -- Robert Hyland * Asian Cinema *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHegemonic Mimicry \u003c\/i\u003eis a critical addition to Korean popular culture studies literature and will surely be an essential foundation for future studies.\" -- Jung-Min Mina Lee * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A timely response to the explosive demand for a textbook that provides both historical and theoretical frameworks to analyze the global popularity of contemporary South Korean popular culture, including K-pop music, cinema, television, and online subcultures.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Soyi Kim * Cultural Critique *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHegemonic Mimicry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a timely book that provides an updated overview of Korean popular culture. ... [It] offers readers an insightful perspective on the media we consume every day.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sojeong Park * Korean Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Writing Pop Culture in the Time of Pandemic  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Of Mimicry and \u003ci\u003eMiguk\u003c\/i\u003e  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Short History of K-Pop, K-Cinema, and K-Television  35\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Souls of Korean Folk in the Era of Hip-Hop  85\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dividuated Cinema: Temporality and Body in the Overwired Age  118\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003eRunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e: The Korean Television Variety Program and Affect Confucianism  140\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Virtual Feast: \u003ci\u003eMukbang\u003c\/i\u003e, Con-Man Comedy, and the Post-Traumatic Family in \u003ci\u003eExtreme Job\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e (2019)  164\u003cbr\u003e 6. Korean Meme-icry: Samsung and K-Pop 195\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reading \u003ci\u003eMuhan Dojon\u003c\/i\u003e through the \u003ci\u003eMadanggǔk\u003c\/i\u003e  220\u003cbr\u003e Notes  237\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  273\u003cbr\u003e Index  289","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408993657175,"sku":"9781478013587","price":75.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478013587.jpg?v=1730505007","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hegemonic-mimicry-9781478013587","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}