Woongjae Ryoo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1452706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Woongjae Ryoo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Woongjae |
| FAMILY NAME | Ryoo |
| SIGNATURE | RYOO W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hanyang University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cultural politics in the South Korean cultural industries: Confrontations between state-developmentalism and neoliberalism
This paper examines Korea’s cultural policy in tandem with the Korean Wave. It maps out the vital role of the Korean government in the Korean Wave phenomenon in the midst of the confrontations between neoliberal globalization and developmentalism. It investigates the ways in which Korea has developed the Korean Wave by analysing whether or not neoliberal ideologies have completely altered state developmentalism. More specifically, it studies the …
Critical Interpretation of Hybrid K-Pop: The Global-Local Paradigm of English Mixing in Lyrics
In this essay, we examine the transformation of Korean popular music through an analysis of English mixing in lyrics in a broader socio-cultural context. In order to identify and analyze several key factors involved in the rapid growth of English lyrics in K-Pop, we document the development of English mixing in lyrics of Korean popular music. By surveying the nature of and the extent to which English is employed in K-Pop and how this hybridity is…
Globalization, or the logic of cultural hybridization: The case of the Korean wave
This article explores a regionally specific phenomenon and logic of transnational popular cultural flow as an example to illustrate the complexity involved in the cultural hybridization thesis and the implications that it has for the debate on the globalization of culture. This article argues that the Korean wave is an indication of new global, as well as local, transformations in the cultural and the economic arena. This phenomenon especially si…
The Public Sphere and the Rise of South Korean Civil Society
This article examines how civil society in South Korea emerged as a social force and developed a distinctive relationship with the state. It is argued that political, institutional and cultural factors are no less important than economic relations in accounting for the distinctive nature of South Korean civil society. The article explores the dialectical relationship between the state and Korean civil society and its political and social conseque…
The political economy of the global mediascape: The case of the South Korean film industry
Local modes of practice in an age of globalization: Renegotiating national identity as enacted in South Korean advertising
This article examines broad discursive strategies as exemplified in South Korean advertising and how those meanings are produced within contemporary Korean society through cultural production and everyday practices. The central theme of this article is to discover the possibility of resistance and negotiation through the production and consumption of popular culture and to discover the field of cultural interpretations that are not yet integrated…
Globalization, or the logic of cultural hybridization: The case of the Korean wave
This article explores a regionally specific phenomenon and logic of transnational popular cultural flow as an example to illustrate the complexity involved in the cultural hybridization thesis and the implications that it has for the debate on the globalization of culture. This article argues that the Korean wave is an indication of new global, as well as local, transformations in the cultural and the economic arena. This phenomenon especially si…
Critical Interpretation of Hybrid K-Pop: The Global-Local Paradigm of English Mixing in Lyrics
In this essay, we examine the transformation of Korean popular music through an analysis of English mixing in lyrics in a broader socio-cultural context. In order to identify and analyze several key factors involved in the rapid growth of English lyrics in K-Pop, we document the development of English mixing in lyrics of Korean popular music. By surveying the nature of and the extent to which English is employed in K-Pop and how this hybridity is…
Cultural politics in the South Korean cultural industries: Confrontations between state-developmentalism and neoliberalism
This paper examines Korea’s cultural policy in tandem with the Korean Wave. It maps out the vital role of the Korean government in the Korean Wave phenomenon in the midst of the confrontations between neoliberal globalization and developmentalism. It investigates the ways in which Korea has developed the Korean Wave by analysing whether or not neoliberal ideologies have completely altered state developmentalism. More specifically, it studies the …
The Public Sphere and the Rise of South Korean Civil Society
This article examines how civil society in South Korea emerged as a social force and developed a distinctive relationship with the state. It is argued that political, institutional and cultural factors are no less important than economic relations in accounting for the distinctive nature of South Korean civil society. The article explores the dialectical relationship between the state and Korean civil society and its political and social conseque…
Local modes of practice in an age of globalization: Renegotiating national identity as enacted in South Korean advertising
This article examines broad discursive strategies as exemplified in South Korean advertising and how those meanings are produced within contemporary Korean society through cultural production and everyday practices. The central theme of this article is to discover the possibility of resistance and negotiation through the production and consumption of popular culture and to discover the field of cultural interpretations that are not yet integrated…
The political economy of the global mediascape: The case of the South Korean film industry
Globalization, or the logic of cultural hybridization: The case of the Korean wave
This article explores a regionally specific phenomenon and logic of transnational popular cultural flow as an example to illustrate the complexity involved in the cultural hybridization thesis and the implications that it has for the debate on the globalization of culture. This article argues that the Korean wave is an indication of new global, as well as local, transformations in the cultural and the economic arena. This phenomenon especially si…
The Public Sphere and the Rise of South Korean Civil Society
This article examines how civil society in South Korea emerged as a social force and developed a distinctive relationship with the state. It is argued that political, institutional and cultural factors are no less important than economic relations in accounting for the distinctive nature of South Korean civil society. The article explores the dialectical relationship between the state and Korean civil society and its political and social conseque…
Critical Interpretation of Hybrid K-Pop: The Global-Local Paradigm of English Mixing in Lyrics
In this essay, we examine the transformation of Korean popular music through an analysis of English mixing in lyrics in a broader socio-cultural context. In order to identify and analyze several key factors involved in the rapid growth of English lyrics in K-Pop, we document the development of English mixing in lyrics of Korean popular music. By surveying the nature of and the extent to which English is employed in K-Pop and how this hybridity is…
Cultural politics in the South Korean cultural industries: Confrontations between state-developmentalism and neoliberalism
This paper examines Korea’s cultural policy in tandem with the Korean Wave. It maps out the vital role of the Korean government in the Korean Wave phenomenon in the midst of the confrontations between neoliberal globalization and developmentalism. It investigates the ways in which Korea has developed the Korean Wave by analysing whether or not neoliberal ideologies have completely altered state developmentalism. More specifically, it studies the …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (4 works) · Globalization (4 works) · Japanese History and Culture (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)