Sunhee Koo
Biographic Data
| ID | 682697 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sunhee Koo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sunhee |
| FAMILY NAME | Koo |
| SIGNATURE | KOO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4675-4479 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fan engagement, community, and belonging: K-pop fans in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Freyberg Place in Auckland’s central business district has emerged as a focal site for youth cultural gatherings. Within this space, university students have localised transnational popular culture, generating new cultural meanings, identities, and affiliations. Over the past decade, Hallyu, and K-pop in particular, has expanded significantly in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This study draws on personal accounts from university student K-pop fans of div…
Drumming to be one, drumming to be different: Ethnicity, nation, and cultural identity of Zainichi Koreans in Japan
Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in ModernityKorean P'ansori Singing Tradition: Development, Authenticity, and Performance History
Review of: Review of: Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in Modernity. Haekyung Um. 2013. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. SOAS Musicology Series. Republished by Routledge in 2016. xviii, 254 pp., black-and-white photographs, figures, illustrations, musical examples, glossary, notes, bibliography, selected discography, filmography, and list of compositions, index. Cloth, $160.00; paper, $57.95; e-book, $57.95. Korean P…
Reconciling Nations and Citizenship: Meaning, Creativity, and the Performance of a North Korean Troupe in South Korea
Since 2000, a number of performing troupes have been established in South Korea, made up largely of musicians and dancers who were professionally trained in North Korea prior to their migration and presenting a range of music and dances related to both the North and South. Combining ethnographic data with performance analysis of one such troupe, the Pyŏngyang Minsok Yesultan, I show how the nation and the state intersect in the space of performin…
Instrumentalizing Tradition: Three Kayagŭm Musicians in the People's Republic of China and the Construction of Diasporic Korean Music
Chinese Koreans (Chaoxianzu), residing predominantly in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, are one of 55 minority nationalities in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Pre-PRC Chinese Korean music was largely traditional vocal or Western-style music; since 1949, Chaoxianzu have constructed their own music, using traditional music practices from Korea, re-created along government guidelines on creating a progressive and ethnically distinct…
More Than Two Koreas: Cultural Intersection and Chinese Korean Musicians in Contemporary South Korean Music Scenes
On 23 June 2011, the Seongnam Municipal Troupe of Korean Traditional Performing Arts (hereafter, Seongnam Municipal Troupe) presented its twenty-eighth concert, entitled Hana toenŭn kyŭre ŭi ŭmak (Unifying Korean national music). The South Korean government has designated June as a month of commemoration for the nation's patriots and veterans. As many government troupes in South Korea would do in June, the Seongnam Municipal Troupe dedicated its …
Reconciling Nations and Citizenship: Meaning, Creativity, and the Performance of a North Korean Troupe in South Korea
Since 2000, a number of performing troupes have been established in South Korea, made up largely of musicians and dancers who were professionally trained in North Korea prior to their migration and presenting a range of music and dances related to both the North and South. Combining ethnographic data with performance analysis of one such troupe, the Pyŏngyang Minsok Yesultan, I show how the nation and the state intersect in the space of performin…
More Than Two Koreas: Cultural Intersection and Chinese Korean Musicians in Contemporary South Korean Music Scenes
On 23 June 2011, the Seongnam Municipal Troupe of Korean Traditional Performing Arts (hereafter, Seongnam Municipal Troupe) presented its twenty-eighth concert, entitled Hana toenŭn kyŭre ŭi ŭmak (Unifying Korean national music). The South Korean government has designated June as a month of commemoration for the nation's patriots and veterans. As many government troupes in South Korea would do in June, the Seongnam Municipal Troupe dedicated its …
More Than Two Koreas: Cultural Intersection and Chinese Korean Musicians in Contemporary South Korean Music Scenes
On 23 June 2011, the Seongnam Municipal Troupe of Korean Traditional Performing Arts (hereafter, Seongnam Municipal Troupe) presented its twenty-eighth concert, entitled Hana toenŭn kyŭre ŭi ŭmak (Unifying Korean national music). The South Korean government has designated June as a month of commemoration for the nation's patriots and veterans. As many government troupes in South Korea would do in June, the Seongnam Municipal Troupe dedicated its …
Instrumentalizing Tradition: Three Kayagŭm Musicians in the People's Republic of China and the Construction of Diasporic Korean Music
Chinese Koreans (Chaoxianzu), residing predominantly in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, are one of 55 minority nationalities in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Pre-PRC Chinese Korean music was largely traditional vocal or Western-style music; since 1949, Chaoxianzu have constructed their own music, using traditional music practices from Korea, re-created along government guidelines on creating a progressive and ethnically distinct…
Reconciling Nations and Citizenship: Meaning, Creativity, and the Performance of a North Korean Troupe in South Korea
Since 2000, a number of performing troupes have been established in South Korea, made up largely of musicians and dancers who were professionally trained in North Korea prior to their migration and presenting a range of music and dances related to both the North and South. Combining ethnographic data with performance analysis of one such troupe, the Pyŏngyang Minsok Yesultan, I show how the nation and the state intersect in the space of performin…
Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in ModernityKorean P'ansori Singing Tradition: Development, Authenticity, and Performance History
Review of: Review of: Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in Modernity. Haekyung Um. 2013. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. SOAS Musicology Series. Republished by Routledge in 2016. xviii, 254 pp., black-and-white photographs, figures, illustrations, musical examples, glossary, notes, bibliography, selected discography, filmography, and list of compositions, index. Cloth, $160.00; paper, $57.95; e-book, $57.95. Korean P…
Drumming to be one, drumming to be different: Ethnicity, nation, and cultural identity of Zainichi Koreans in Japan
Fan engagement, community, and belonging: K-pop fans in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Freyberg Place in Auckland’s central business district has emerged as a focal site for youth cultural gatherings. Within this space, university students have localised transnational popular culture, generating new cultural meanings, identities, and affiliations. Over the past decade, Hallyu, and K-pop in particular, has expanded significantly in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This study draws on personal accounts from university student K-pop fans of div…
Asian Culture and Media Studies (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)