Overview
- Examines the interactions between diaspora and pop culture
- Contributes to enabling a critical understanding of diasporic audiences
- Is an open access book
Part of the book series: East Asian Popular Culture (EAPC)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular culture. By examining the Korean Wave as diasporic cultural practices rather than the diffusion of national cultural products, the book reveals the diversified ways in which cultural flows are negotiated by audiences who take up relatively ambivalent reception positions between two or more national and cultural contexts. This book expands the scope of transnational audience studies and youth cultural studies by focusing attention on the diasporic media practices of young people.
Reviews
“Dr. Yoon Kyong’s … short book, Diasporic Hallyu, should be required reading for scholars of ethnic studies. Written in clear and approachable language with abundant ethnographic interview data, it will also be reader-friendly for undergraduates and non-academic audiences. ... If I could speak to scholars at large who are teaching ethnic studies, I would strongly recommend them to use this book.” (CedarBough T. Saeji, Seoul Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 36 (1), June, 2023)
“Yoon focuses entirely on an understudied aspect, namely the diasporic lens, combining ethnographic methodology as well as cultural, historiographic, postcolonial, and (social) media studies. His ethnographic methodology is a needed and refreshing way to avoid the triumphalist attitude that the Korean Wave is a dominant force that is unmatched by any other ‘national’ cultural exports or on the contrary, that it is a fleeting trend, lest we consider two decades ephemeral. … Yoon adds his contribution with the Canadian case of the Korean diaspora reception and reflection.” (Moisés Park, Asian Communication Research, Vol. 20 (1), April, 2023)
“Diasporic Hallyu: The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture is contemporary and informative enough to investigate the interactive relationships between diaspora and popular culture and further is conducive to having critical knowledge of scattered audiences. … the book will make a significant contribution to the growing literature in global popular culture.” (Lei Li, Critical Arts, December 15, 2022)
“By critically engaging with existing works as well as developing a new story, Kyong Yoon advances a new horizon in Hallyu studies. As the most empirical and analytical work, this book provides fascinating discussions fully supported by ethnographic research, which is not only solid, but also provoking in terms of the quality of execution and academic enthusiasm: highly recommended.” (Dal Yong Jin, Distinguished SFU Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kyong Yoon is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada. He has published widely on digital media, South Korean popular culture, migration, and youth culture. He is the author of Digital Mediascapes of Transnational Korean Youth Culture (2020) and a co-author of Transnational Hallyu: The Globalization of Korean Digital and Popular Culture (2021).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diasporic Hallyu
Book Subtitle: The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture
Authors: Kyong Yoon
Series Title: East Asian Popular Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94964-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94963-1Published: 02 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94966-2Published: 02 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-94964-8Published: 02 April 2022
Series ISSN: 2634-5935
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5943
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 152
Topics: Asian Culture, Popular Culture , Youth Culture