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Summary:

"1990s South Korea saw the transition from a military dictatorship to a civilian government, from a manufacturing economy to a postindustrial hub, and from a cloistered society to a more dynamic transnational juncture. These seismic shifts had a profound impact on the media industry and the rise of K-pop. In K-pop Live, Suk-Young Kim investigates the meteoric ascent of Korean popular music in relation to the rise of personal technology and social media, situating a feverish cross-media partnership within the Korean historical context and broader questions about what it means to be "live" and "alive." Based on in-depth interviews with K-pop industry personnel, media experts, critics, and fans, as well as archival research, K-pop Live explores how the industry has managed the tough sell of live music in a marketplace in which virtually everything is available online. Teasing out digital media's courtship of "liveness" in the production and consumption of K-pop, Kim investigates the nuances of the affective mode in which human subjects interact with one another in the digital age. Observing performances online, in concert, and even through the use of holographic performers, Kim offers readers a step-by-step guide through the K-pop industry's variegated efforts to diversify media platforms as a way of reaching a wider global network of music consumers. In an era when digital technology inserts itself into nearly all social relationships, Kim reveals how "what is live" becomes a question of how we exist as increasingly mediated subjects, fragmented and isolated by technological wonders while also longing for a sense of belonging and being alive through an interactive mode of exchange we often call "live.""--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• Historicizing K-pop
• K-pop from live television to social media
• Simulating liveness in K-pop music videos
• Hologram stars greet live audiences
• Live K-pop concerts and their digital doubles.

Author/Creator:

Kim, Suk-Young, 1970- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

K-pop live: fans, idols, and multimedia performance [by Kim, S.Y.]

Subjects:

Popular music — Korea (South) — History and criticism

Popular music — Performances — Korea (South)

Concerts — Korea (South)

Music and technology — Korea (South)

Popular music

Performances

Concerts

Music and technology

Korea (South)

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

ML3502.K6 K577 2018eb

ISBNs:

9781503606005 (electronic bk.)
1503606007 (electronic bk.)
9781503605039 [Invalid]
1503605035 [Invalid]
9781503605992 [Invalid]
150360599X [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 40028386449

OCLC Numbers:

1038796995

Other Control Numbers:

EBC5430258 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp15498925