Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge

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Transgression, Innovation, and Intimacy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Jooyeon Rhee, Hong Kal, Thomas R. Klassen, Jooyeon (Penn State University) Rhee, Hong (York University) Kal, York University Klassen, Thomas R., Thomas R Klassen

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This book is for any reader seeking to understand and engage with contemporary South Korean culture. Inspired by the term “edge”, which in Korean refers to attitudes and ideas that are new, gripping and transgressive, each chapter provides a new perspective on today’s Korea.Drawing from a range perspectives, Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge: Transgression, Innovation, and Intimacy examines Korean culture (including food, music, fashion, K-pop, cinema and much more) as twenty-first century global phenomenon. The book highlights unique features of Korean culture such as the role of astrology in K-pop fandom, feminist art, and recent fiction, poetry, and drama. In uncovering underrepresented areas of modern Korea, the chapters pay attention to lesser known but important aspects, such as the country’s astonishingly dynamic urban architecture. By casting a wide net, and including bottom-up cultural movements, such as protest art, the book reveals the rich and critical role that art, music, and literature play in Korea.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-23
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666965544

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Hong Kal is Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Art and Art History at York University. She is the author of Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism: Spectacle, Politics, and History (2011). Jooyeon Rhee is Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Penn State University. She is the author of The Novel in Transition: Gender and Literature in Early Colonial Korea (2019).Thomas R. Klassen is Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University in Toronto, Canada. He is co-editor of North Korea: Translation and Transformation in a Global Context (2024).

Part I: Korea from the EdgeChapter 1: Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge: Transgression, Innovation, and Intimacy Jooyeon Rhee, Hong Kal, and Thomas R. KlassenChapter 2: Shifting Cultural Politics in the New Korean Wave Era Dal Yong JinChapter 3: At the Intersection of Art and Politics: Protest Art in Korea Hong KalPart II: TransgressionChapter 4: Will Someone Please Come Knocking at My Door? Korean Literature in the Twenty-first Century Bruce FultonChapter 5: Looking to the Stars: The Astrology and MBTI of K-pop Keung Yoon BaeChapter 6: The Korean Style: Hybridity and the Hypermodern Aesthetic Michael W. HurtChapter 7: Bodies in Contemporary Korean Feminist Art after the Feminism Reboot Vicki Sung-yeon KwonPart III: Innovations from the EdgeChapter 8: Jogakbo Architecture: Patchwork Architecture and Urbanism of Seoul Daekwon ParkChapter 9: A Century in the Making: Korean Popular Music’s Abbreviation to K-pop Wonseok Lee and Pil Ho KimChapter 10: Digital Visual Culture in Korean Crime Thrillers Mi Young ParkPart IV: New Expressions of Intimacy Chapter 11: Healing the Nation Through the Small Screen: Strange Lawyers, Psych Wards, Golden Kids, and South Korean Television Audiences Bonnie TillandChapter 12: Ageing, Mutual Affection, and Romance: Gerontoromcons Come of Age in South Korean Cinema Joanna Elfving-HwangChapter 13: From Hansik to Korean Corn Dogs: The Taste of Authenticity and Globalization of Korean Food Jooyeon Rhee