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.
| ISBN: | 9781138943711 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2023 |
| Author: | Haekyung Um |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 244 pages |
| Series: | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Popular culture Media studies Popular music Regional / International studies History |