Made in Korea

Studies in Popular Music

Edited by Hyunjoon Shin and Seung-Ah Lee


July 2016 Routledge

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Introduction

The Road to Popular Music: Regulation, Resistance, and Negotiations
HYUNJOON SHIN and SEUNG-AH LEE

 

Part I: Histories

1. The Stage Show and the Dance Floor: A History of “Live Music” in Korea
HYUNJOON SHIN
2. Assembling Pop Records in Twentieth Century Korea: A Double is Twice as Good as a Single
KEEWOONG LEE
3. Broadcasting Media and Popular Music: Institution, Technologies, and Power
JUNG-YUP LEE
4. Emerging Social Distribution: The Case of K-pop Circulation in the Global Pop Market
SUN JUNG

 

Part II: Genres

5. Trot and Ballad: Popular Genres of Korean Pop
YU-JEONG CHANG
6. Korean Rock’s Journey from Group Sound to Indie Rock
PIL HO KIM
7. Modern Folksong and People’s Song (Minjung Kayo)
AEKYUNG PARK
8. Korean Black Music and its Culture: Soul, Funk and Hip-Hop
JAEYOUNG YANG

 

Part III: Artists

9. Kim Hae-song, An Incomplete Dream of Korean Jazz
JUNHEE LEE
10. Shin Joong Hyun’s Rock Sonority and Korean Pentatonicism in “Miin”
DOHEE KWON
11. Kim Min-ki and the Making of a Legend
OKON HWANG
12. Seo Taiji Syndrome: Rise of Korean Youth and Cultural Transformation through Global Pop Music Styles in the early 1990s
EUN-YOUNG JUNG

 

Part IV: Issues

13. Korean Pop Music and Korean Identities: A Political-Cultural History of Korean Pop Music and Its Use of Traditional Korean Musical Elements
HYUNSEOK KWON
14. Who’s Afraid of Korean Idols?: Five Keywords for Understanding Korean Idol Pop
DONG-YEUN LEE
15. Controlling or Supporting?: A History of Cultural Policies on Popular Music
SOOJIN KIM
16. The Voice of Popular Korea: Styles, Genres and Contexts
HAEKYUNG UM

 

Coda

17. Asia and Beyond: Circulation and Reception of Korean Popular Music outside of Korea
SUNHEE KOO and SANG-YEON LOISE SUNG

Afterword

“We tried to catch up, now we should evolve”: A Conversation with Shin Hae-chul
HYUNJOON SHIN & CH’OE CHI-SŎN