K-pop in the History of the Korean Wave
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20049985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Y Cho (0000-0003-0785-5573, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 23-32 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Introducing Korean Popular Culture (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003292593-3 |
| OpenAlex | W4367179216 |
| ISBN | 9781003292593 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter provides the historical mapping of the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, with a particular focus on K-pop. After it was first recognized in East Asia in the late 1990s, the Korean Wave has become truly globalized since the end of the 2010s. Its longevity as well as the global geography of its fandom have elicited substantial academic attention and research, which makes it possible and opportune to historicize the Korean Wave. This chapter situates K-pop within the historical development of the Korean Wave by articulating four different periods of the Korean Wave. Each period can be highlighted in order as the beginning of the Korean Wave, the Korean Wave as Asian pop culture, the Korean Wave as an emerging flow around the globe and the Korean Wave as another global pop culture. The diverse routes and evolving characteristics of its stages lead to varying significances of the Korean Wave in local, regional and global contexts. This chapter will suggest that the evolution of K-pop in this historic narrative symbolizes a long revolution in the field of pop culture in which a cultural flow from South Korea or the East can be expanded, embraced and recognized as global pop culture
Art · Korean Wave · Literature · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Geology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |