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Kpop: Roots and Blossoming of Korean Popular Music

by Kim Chang Nam
$12.90
Kpop: Roots and Blossoming of Korean Popular Music
Kpop: Roots and Blossoming of Korean Popular Music

In-depth exploration of K-pop's historical evolution.

If you're intrigued by the global phenomenon of K-pop, this book offers a rich dive into its roots and expansive growth. Reading it is like tracing the footsteps of iconic idols from humble beginnings to international stages. It's as close as you can get to a behind-the-scenes tour of the K-pop world without leaving your chair.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Kpop: Roots and Blossoming of Korean Popular Music

by Kim Chang Nam
$12.90
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ISBN: 9781565913318
Authors: Kim Chang Nam
Publisher: Hollym Intl
Date of Publication: 2012-07-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Music
Related Topics: History, Pop Culture
Goodreads rating: 3.0
(rated by 12 readers)

Description

This book is designed to introduce to international audiences interested in Korean music how the modern form of Korean pop music began and evolved. Understanding the history of Korean pop music, which has shifted and progressed in the currents of social transformation, means figuring out just how Korean society has been transfigured. This book is mainly divided into two sections. The first deals with the developments in Korean pop music from Japanese rule up to the early 1990s. Exploring this period, which falls into a prehistory of K-pop, will serve as an opportunity for understanding the historical context surrounding K-pop. The second section illustrates the processes of the formation to K-pop throughout the 1990s and the stages in its development into its current form as a globalized cultural element. The main focuses of the second portion include K-pop's representative idol groups, the social circumstances that yielded K-pop, and its production system. Gaining a thorough grasp of the K-pop fever around the world requires a more multi-dimensional perspective that encompasses its historical context and structural conditions. In this sense, this book will prove useful to those who desire to learn about K-pop and Korean popular culture, and further about Korean society.
 

In-depth exploration of K-pop's historical evolution.

If you're intrigued by the global phenomenon of K-pop, this book offers a rich dive into its roots and expansive growth. Reading it is like tracing the footsteps of iconic idols from humble beginnings to international stages. It's as close as you can get to a behind-the-scenes tour of the K-pop world without leaving your chair.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.