K-Contagion
Sound, Speed, and Space in “Gangnam Style”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14997414 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcus Cheng Chye Tan (0000-0003-4481-1772, InterScience (United States), corresponding author), Marcus Tan (0000-0003-0698-3936, Marcus Tan is a lecturer in drama studies at the School of Creative Arts, Queen’s University Belfast. He is the author of Acoustic Interculturalism: Listening to Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and has published in journals such as Contemporary Theatre Review and Theatre Research International. His research interests include intercultural theatre, globalization and performance, soundscapes of performance, Asian Shakespeare, and popular entertainments.) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-96 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TDR/The Drama Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-2043 • E-ISSN: 1531-4715 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/dram_a_00430 |
| OpenAlex | W2058415924 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 5 |
“Gangnam Style” remains an unparalleled pop phenomenon. The music video’s “universality” inspires questions about attributes that have resulted in such a crosscultural contagion. The visual and musical qualities of the “Gangnam Style” video exemplify conditions of liquid modernity and society’s obsession with speed
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Modernity · Musical · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · Japanese History and Culture · Music History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |