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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Korean pop"”.
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The growth of cultural industry and the role of government : the case of Korea
… In Asia, there is a phenomenon called the "Korean wave," which refers to the popularity of Korean pop culture in Asian countries since the late 1990s. Korea's cultural industry enjoyed rapid growth due to the rise of the Korean wave, and the popularity of Korean pop culture has benefited the …
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This is All It Is for Treble Voice and Fixed Media
… All five songs feature homages toward both pop music and electroacoustic traditions, however, the odd-numbered movements more closely reflect modern contemporary classical art music, while the even-numbered works explore popular music sounds crafted for the concert hall. The subject matter …
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Korean restaurant business plan in Taiwan
… Italy, France, and the US have exploded in popularity. Interestingly, Korean cuisine has been lackluster in Taiwan, despite the rise of Korean pop culture in general and the proximity of the two countries. My research will focus on the food and beverage industry in Taiwan and the existing …
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International Investments Flows: The Role of Cultural Preferences and Migrants Networks
… South Korea and Latin America. The so called Korean Wave, consisting of soap operas and Korean pop music has become extremely popular in Latin America since the mid 2000s, despite of geographic and cultural distance in terms of language and ethnicity. Yet, there is no evidence of a symmetric …
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Branding Korea or Marketing Ethnicity?: Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transclave in the Global Economy
… Koreatown in Midtown Manhattan has drawn both Koreans and non-Koreans seeking everything Korean, from day spas to nightlife; Koreatown attracts locals and tourists alike, who see the area as an exotic place to consume authentic, yet modern, Korean culture. This dissertation investigates how …
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THE KOREAN WAVE AS A LOCALIZING PROCESS: NATION AS A GLOBAL ACTOR IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION
This dissertation research examines the Korean Wave phenomenon as a social practice of globalization, in which state actors have promoted the transnational expansion of Korean popular culture through creating trans-local hybridization in popular content and intra-regional connections in the …
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Analysis and Construction of Engaging Facial Forms and Expressions: Interdisciplinary Approaches from Art, Anatomy, Engineering, Cultural Studies, and Psychology
… system, culturally-specific attractive face in Korean popular culture, “kot-mi-nam (flower-like beautiful guy),” was modeled and analyzed as a case study. The “kot-mi-nam” phenomenon is overviewed in textual, visual, and contextual aspects, which reveals the gender- and sexuality-fluidity of its …