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K‑pop has been widely popular in South Korea since the 1990s, but only gained widespread American attention with Psy’s 2012 hit song "Gangnam Style." This colorful, informative book studies that sudden notoriety as part of the larger Hallyu, or Korean Wave, trend. Hallyu encompasses not only music but also movies, television, cuisine, and Korean cartoon art known as manhwa. Kallen traces the cultural diffusion of Korean pop culture back to American GIs during the Korean War, through the repression of Park Chung‑hee’s regime, and into South Korea’s contemporary status as an economic powerhouse.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Stuart A. Kallen
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