Essays about: "Korean music"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Korean music.
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1. South Korean Pop Music Through the Lens of the Foreign Public : Is K-pop a Type of Soft Power?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : K-pop is one of South Korea’s most famous cultural phenomena, and this thesis will delve into its impact outside of Korea‘s borders. The paper briefly discusses the background of the Korean Wave, and then dives right into the cultural form of K-pop and its connection with cultural diplomacy and soft power. READ MORE
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2. “Let’s all do our part and stream”: : Understanding authorship and agency in online constructions of K-pop stan identity
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This thesis examines the role of authorship and agency in the construction of identity within online K-pop standoms. The construction of identity is understood as a continuous discursive and communicative process, in line with historical research on discourse and identity. READ MORE
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3. Transmedia storytelling in the music industry : The case of BTS
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : This case study research examines the impact of transmedia storytelling on the global reach of Korean-pop (K-pop) group BTS (Bangtan sonyeondan) and how narratives within the transmedia storyworld can motivate the audience to seek individual and social change. This study is inspired by the rise of BTS in the global music industry. READ MORE
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4. Conceptually androgynous : The production and commodification of gender in Korean pop music
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : Stemming from a recent surge in articles related to Korean masculinities, and based in afeminist and queer Marxist theoretical framework, this paper asks how gender, with a specificfocus on what is referred to as soft masculinity, is constructed through K-pop performances, aswell as what power structures are in play. By reading studies on pan-Asian masculinities andgender performativity - taking into account such factors as talnori and kkonminam, andinvestigating conceptual terms flower boy, aegyo, and girl crush - it forms a baseline for aqualitative research project. READ MORE
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5. Mit Inniger Empfindung : In-between stylistic pluralism
University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för komposition, dirigering och musikteoriAbstract : .... READ MORE