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Book SynopsisUnique in showcasing both the front stage and back stage realities of the K-pop world, this book presents the K-pop phenomenon from many perspectives: as music industry, dance practices, talent management system, as a new media phenomenon, and as transnational community building efforts.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Korea's moment in the limelight Suk-Young Kim; Part I. Genealogies: 1. Sticking it to the man: early neoliberalism in Korean pop music Roald Maliangkay; 2. Itaewon class, Gangnam style and Yeouido star: the industrial revolution of Korean pop in the 1990s Hyunjoon Shin; Part II. Sounding out K-pop: 3. Finding the K in K-pop musically: a stylistic history Jung-Min Mina Lee; 4. Recording the soundscape of K-pop Hyewon Kim; Part III. Dancing to K-pop: 5. K-pop dance music video choreography Chuyun Oh; 6. Embodying K-pop hits through cover dance practices CedarBough T. Saeji; Part IV. The making of idols: 7. K-pop idols: media commodities, affective laborers and cultural capitalists Stephanie Choi; 8. From K-pop to Z-pop: the pan-Asian production, consumption and circulation of idols So-Rim Lee; Part V. The band that surprised the world: 9. BTS, transmedia and hip hop Kyung Hyun Kim; 10. The BTS phenomenon Suk-Young Kim and Youngdae Kim; 11. Transcultural fandom: BTS and ARMY Candace Epps-Robertson; Part VI. Circuits of K-pop flow: 12. K-pop and the participatory condition: vicarity, serial affect and 'real-life contents' Michelle Cho; 13. Idol shipping culture: exploring queer sexuality among fans of K-pop Thomas Baudinette; 14. Following the footsteps of BTS: the global rise of K-pop tourism Youjeong Oh.
