An Introduction To K Pop And Bts
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An Introduction to K-Pop and BTS
Author: Joanne Miyang Cho
language: en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date: 2025-08-30
This Palgrave Pivot examines a key area of the Korean Wave or Hallyu, which stands for the global popularity of South Korean popular culture that started in the 1990s. While K-dramas (Korean dramas) have found many viewers throughout Asian countries and some Western countries in recent years, K-pop (Korean popular music) has had broader appeal not only to Asian audiences, but also American (North and South), European, and Middle-Eastern audiences. This book’s unique contribution is to provide a concise and succinct analysis of K-pop from transcultural perspectives through its most famous example, BTS. The first chapter contextualizes K-pop within the Korean Wave movement. The second and third chapters provide a history of K-Pop, spanning from Seo Taiji and Boys in the early 1990s to the present (including BTS and Blackpink), and presents K-pop as a glocalized phenomenon. The fourth, fifth, and sixth chapters critically examine the most prominent band in the K-pop world, BTS, and the unique connections to their transnational fandom called ARMY.
The Activism of BTS Fans
Did you know that K-Pop fans are powerful activists?Did you know that the South Korean boyband BTS has practically taken over the world? Another South Korean group, Blackpink, is also making waves in the United States and many other English-speaking countries. One of the most obvious conclusions from these facts is that K-Pop has grown to be the most profitable music genre with millions of fans worldwide! Since the pandemic started, and after the brutal killing of George Floyd, things have taken a very bad turn in the United States. As a result, civil unrest, social division, and political division continue to spread all across the country. And a crucial part of this is activism. But did you see it coming from BTS fans? You'll learn in this book: All about K-Pop stans (fans) Stans and the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement Stans vs. President Trump How stans went from apolitical to activists The dark side of K-Pop activism So, if you want to get the skinny on the activism of BTS and other K-Pop fans, scroll up and grab a copy today.
Korean Culture in the Global Age
Author: Joanne Miyang Cho
language: en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date: 2025-06-30
Since the late 1990s, South Korean cultural products such as pop music, TV drama, and film have shaped the country’s image around the world. This book explores these three internationally best-known media of the Korean Wave global phenomenon, along with a less commonly featured aspect, K-literature. Iconic images of South Korea today include stylish music groups like BTS and Blackpink, appealing dramas, and a range of films and digital comics (manhwa). Alongside associations with glitz and glamor are darker impressions: continuing political division, malaise over a war that never really ended. Korean Culture in the Global Age focuses on these and other facets of South Korea’s constantly changing international image to show how it has come to command worldwide attention. In recent years, readers in a growing number of languages have discovered the talent of South Korean authors through the efforts of countless translators. Showing developments in and occasional connections between themes in K-pop, K-drama, K-film, and K-literature, the book provides a more comprehensive view of contemporary South Korean culture. This volume will interest researchers and students of Korean Studies, Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, popular music, film studies, migration and diaspora studies, and world literature.