The Korean Wave and Asian Americans: the ethnic meanings of transnational Korean pop culture in the USA

Keepin’ It Real: Authenticity, Commercialization, and the Media in Korean Hip Hop

“…In the wake of the 1997 International Monetary Fund Asian financial crisis, Korean cultural industries focused on exporting Korean culture into neighboring countries (Ju & Lee, 2015;Siriyuvasak & Shin, 2007). This resulted in the Korean wave or Hallyu, which denotes the international popularity of Korean pop culture from the late 1990s (Ryoo, 2009;Shin, 2012).…”

“…This Korean emphasis on fashion links back to the emergence of the shinsedae in the 1990s. At this time, Korean youth had a new buying power (Ju & Lee, 2015;Jung, 2006) and coinciding with opening cultural channels (Howard, 2006) allowed hip hop culture to blossom in Korea. This economic context emphasizes class distinctions, an element absent in U.K. theorists' Marxist view of subcultures (Hall & Jefferson, 1975;Hebdige, 1979;Thornton, 1996) as critiqued by Huq (2006).…”

The Point of View of Spreading the Culture and Habits of Young People through Korean Drama Films

“…Apart from the actors' acting and visuals, one of the primary reasons Korean dramas become interesting. The uniqueness and originality of Korean pop culture, particularly Korean fashion trends, which interest teenagers in imitating this culture, even though the majority of respondents are more aware of foreign cultural developments than of domestic cultural developments (Ju & Lee, 2015). You can picture what occurs when youngsters lose interest in their own culture and become more interested in exploring and copying other cultures.…”

Ethnic Culture and Its Impact on Immigrants’ Identity Formation: The Case of Korean Immigrants in the U.S.

“…In order to better understand how these external factors that are developed Korean immigrants in the U.S. is closely examined in this study because Korean immigrants are one of the exemplary ethnic groups in American society to examine a mechanism of how ethnic identity is formed in a host society based the process of cultural duality they share from the unique features of culture and socioeconomic characteristics in both the host country and home country [26] [27] [28] [29]. Thus, this study aims to examine the extent to which Korean immigrants preserve American identity in the circumstance that they are consistently exposed to Korean popular culture that has been developed by the rapidly growing entertainment industry in Korea, known as Korean Wave [30].…”