K-Pop

  • K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea
    By John Lie

    John Rosselli, writing about nineteenth-century Italy, observes, “Italy's folk music... was far too locally bounded to be Italian in any clear national sense; its art music, on the other hand, fed an international market”; see Rosselli, ...

  • K-POP: A New Force in Pop Music
    By Korean Culture and Information Service South Korea

    Hybrid Entertainment The Versatility of Korean Stars Globalized Star-Making System Social Media Enables Rapid Spread History of K-Pop Birth of Korean Pop Music Korean War and US Infl uence The First Renaissance Folk Music Represents Youth ...

  • K-Pop: Korea’s Musical Explosion
    By Stuart A. Kallen

    Seemingly overnight, the South Korean pop star behind the hit—Psy (Park Jae-sang)—became a household name. But Psy is just part of the story.

  • K-POP: The Odyssey: Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon
    By Wooseok Ki

    K-POP: The Odyssey is split into eight parts, with each exploring a facet of the K-Pop phenomenon. Whether you are interested in the idol system, music, business, technology, or fandom, this book will serve as your guide. Are you in?

  • K-pop: Raíces Y Florecimiento de la Música Popular de Corea
    By Ch'ang-nam Kim

    Since the 1990s can be considered the period in which K-pop directly took root, the development from the 1990s up through the 2000s when the popular music of the new generation entered the global spotlighted under the name of K-pop will be ...

  • K-Pop: The Ultimate Fan Book
    By Malcolm Croft

    This vibrantly illustrated fan book is an all-out celebration of the hottest musical phenomenon of the moment: K-Pop!