Hegemonic Mimicry: Korean Popular Culture of the Twenty-First Century

by Kyung Hyun Kim

In Hegemonic Mimicry, Kyung Hyun Kim considers the recent global success of Korean popular culture--the Korean wave of pop music, cinema, and television, which is also known as hallyu--from a transnational and transcultural perspective. Using the concept of mimicry to think through hallyu's adaptation of American sensibilities and genres, he shows how the commercialization of Korean popular culture has upended the familiar dynamic of major-to-minor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478013583
• ISBN13: 9781478013587
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"