[KS] research on korean youth culture

[Keith Howard]

Andrew,

There seems to be precious little on Korean youth culture in English. 
Back in 2001, I edited a supplement to Newsletter 26 (2001) of the 
IIAS in Leiden on pop culture in Asia, with articles on pop music 
from Stephen Epstein, Roald Maliangkay, Rowan Pease (and myself on 
North Korean music). Stephen Epstein and Tim Tangherlini have a film 
that couples to his paper on punk. I've also published a couple of 
recent articles, a bit more detailed than Sarah's chapter in Tony 
Mitchell's book that Hilary refers to:

'Exploding ballads: The Transformation of Korean Pop Music', in Tim 
Craig and Richard King (eds),Global Goes Local: Popular Culture in 
Asia: 80-95. Vancouver: UBC Press. 2002.

'From Rap to Dance: Appropriation and Assimilation in Korean Pop 
Music', in Papers of the British Association of Korean Studies, 8: 
39-55. 2003.

And, providing it is accepted by the committee, I am organising a 
panel on 'Korea wave' for the Association for Korean Music Research 
at the Miami meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology in September 
2003, with papers on Seo Taiji, Music TV, internet music discussion 
groups, and so on.

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>From: Hilary Finchum-Sung <hfinchum at indiana.edu>
>Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 10:45:40 -0500
>To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>Subject: Re: [KS] research on korean youth culture
>
>Dear Andrew,
>
>Stephen Epstein's "Anarchy in the UK, Solidarity in the ROK: Punk Rock
>comes to Korea" (_Acta Koreana_ 3(2000): 1-34) and Sarah Morelli's
>(sp?) "Who is a Dancing Hero? Rap, Hip-Hop, and Dance in Korean
>Popular Culture" (in _Global Noise_ 2001) would be a good place to
>start.  Both focus on particular types of South Korean music culture,
>but also provide much information on youth culture perspectives and
>contemporary developments.
>
>Best,
>Hilary Finchum-Sung
>
>Postdoctoral Fellow
>Center for Korean Studies
>U.C., Berkeley
>
>
>
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>>  Does anyone know of any English language articles or texts which
>discuss current (1990s+) youth culture in Korea?
>> 
>>  The best (though slightly dated) materials I've been able to find so
>far are Wonmo Dong's studies of generational difference published in
>the early 1990s.  Is there anything more current that discusses youth?
>  I'm interested in research on youth relating to popular culture, mass
>media, consumption, gender, sexuality of youth culture.
>> 
>>  It seems this area is badly understudied.  I would greatly
>appreciate any pointers.  Thanks
>> 
>>  Andrew Carter
>>  Monash University,
>>  Melbourne Australia
>>
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Dr Keith Howard
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