From Factory Girls to K-Pop Idol Girls: Cultural Politics of Developmentalism, Patriarchy, and Neoliberalism in South Korea's Popular Music Industry

by Gooyong Kim

Book Overview

Kim combines historical contextualization with political economy of the media and critical textual analysis to investigate the socio-ideological effects of K-Pop in the existing networks of power and domination in gender relations. He examines K-Pop female idols' individualism and identity formation through the lens of Korea's cultural politics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498548822
• ISBN13: 9781498548823
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"