The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture In Global Context

The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy. This study examines cultural production and consumption, glocalization, the West versus. Asia, global race consciousness, and changing views of masculinity and femininity.

• • Author: Y. Kuwahara
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Feb 20, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 252 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1349468320
• • ISBN-13: 9781349468324