Cultural policy and Korean Wave: From national culture to transnational consumerism

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Abstract

This chapter reflects on Korean cultural policy’s responses to the Korean Wave from a historical perspective. It finds that the contemporary cultural policy is taking an unprecedentedly transnational and consumerist turn. This accompanies the redefining of Korean culture as universal ‘‘K-culture” and the rise of new public-private interface where an array of Korean Wave projects are planned and carried out, feeding multifaceted governmental and commercial aspirations. The policy goes beyond domestic cultural policy in the sense that it finds overseas fandom as a new parameter to value the country’s cultural industries.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Korean Wave
Subtitle of host publicationKorean Media Go Global
EditorsYoona Kim
Place of PublicationLondon ; New York
PublisherRoutledge
Pages185-198
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781315859064
ISBN (Print)9780415712781
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Publication series

NameInternationalizing media studies
PublisherRoutledge

Keywords

  • Korean Wave
  • Korean cultural policy
  • Korean culture
  • cultural industries policy
  • cultural export
  • K-pop
  • cultural policy
  • popular culture
  • nation branding

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