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The Birth of Korean Cool

Autor Euny Hong
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 aug 2014

A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

By now, everyone in the world knows the song "Gangnam Style" and Psy, an instantly recognizable star. But the song's international popularity is no passing fad. "Gangnam Style" is only one tool in South Korea's extraordinarily elaborate and effective strategy to become a major world superpower by first becoming the world's number one pop culture exporter.

As a child, Euny Hong moved from America to the Gangnam neighbourhood in Seoul. She was a witness to the most accelerated part of South Korea's economic development, during which time it leapfrogged from third-world military dictatorship to first-world liberal democracy on the cutting edge of global technology.

Euny Hong recounts how South Korea vaulted itself into the twenty-first century, becoming a global leader in business, technology, education, and pop culture. Featuring lively, in-depth reporting and numerous interviews with Koreans working in all areas of government and society, "The Birth of Korean Cool "reveals how a really uncool country became cool, and how a nation that once banned miniskirts, long hair on men, and rock n' roll could come to mass produce boy bands, soap operas, and the world's most important smart phone."

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781250045119
ISBN-10: 1250045118
Pagini: 267
Dimensiuni: 139 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Picador USA
Colecția Picador
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Euny Hongis a journalist and author with international experience in web, print, and television news. Her work has appeared in the "New York Times," "Washington Post," "Wall Street Journal Europe," "International Herald Tribune," "New Republic," "Boston Globe," and "The Forward." She is the author of one previous book, the novel "Kept: A Comedy of Sex and Manners. "She is fluent in English, French, German, and Korean.


Recenzii

"An insightful book...[Hong's] brief chapter on Korea's han against Japan is both the best and most concise explanation I've read of the two countries' complicated and ancient feud."-- "Bloomberg Businessweek
""In her first book of nonfiction, Korean-American journalist Euny Hong playfully and insightfully dissects her native culture...there's much more to it than just 'Gangnam Style.'"--" Charleston City Paper

""A pleasing mix of Margaret Cho, Sarah Vowell and a pinch of Cory Doctorow."--"Kirkus Reviews

""Hong is a funny and uber-snarky observer and is as clever as clever can be...[As] laugh-out-loud funny and as spicy and memorable as the best homemade kimchi."--"Library Journal

""Full of insight and shocking facts, "The Birth Of Korean Cool" is a hilarious, gutsy, eye-opening account of Korean drive and success. I couldn't put it down. Euny Hong is a force of nature."--Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of "The Triple Package "and "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

""If you're not fascinated by Korea yet, you damn well should be. The most innovative country on earth deserves a hilarious and poignant account on the order of Euny Hong's "The Birth of Korean Cool". Her phat beats got Gangnam Style and then some."--Gary Shteyngart

"If you're not fascinated by Korea yet, you damn well should be. The most innovative country on earth deserves a hilarious and poignant account on the order of Euny Hong's "The Birth of Korean Cool". Her phat beats got Gangnam Style and then some."--Gary Shteyngart

"Full of insight and shocking facts, "The Birth Of Korean Cool" is a hilarious, gutsy, eye-opening account of Korean drive and success. I couldn't put it down. Euny Hong is a force of nature."--Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of "The Triple Package "and "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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"A pleasing mix of Margaret Cho, Sarah Vowell and a pinch of Cory Doctorow."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"An insightful book...[Hong's] brief chapter on Korea's han against Japan is both the best and most concise explanation I've read of the two countries' complicated and ancient feud."-- "Bloomberg Businessweek
""In her first book of nonfiction, Korean-American journalist Euny Hong playfully and insightfully dissects her native culture...there's much more to it than just 'Gangnam Style.'"--" Charleston City Paper

""A pleasing mix of Margaret Cho, Sarah Vowell and a pinch of Cory Doctorow."--"Kirkus Reviews

""Hong is a funny and uber-snarky observer and is as clever as clever can be...[As] laugh-out-loud funny and as spicy and memorable as the best homemade kimchi."--"Library Journal

""Full of insight and shocking facts, "The Birth Of Korean Cool" is a hilarious, gutsy, eye-opening account of Korean drive and success. I couldn't put it down. Euny Hong is a force of nature."--Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of "The Triple Package "and "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

""If you're not fascinated by Korea yet, you damn well should be. The most innovative country on earth deserves a hilarious and poignant account on the order of Euny Hong's "The Birth of Korean Cool". Her phat beats got Gangnam Style and then some."--Gary Shteyngart

Descriere

A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
By now, everyone in the world knows the song "Gangnam Style" and Psy, an instantly recognizable star. But the song's international popularity is no passing fad. "Gangnam Style" is only one tool in South Korea's extraordinarily elaborate and effective strategy to become a major world superpower by first becoming the world's number one pop culture exporter.
As a child, Euny Hong moved from America to the Gangnam neighbourhood in Seoul. She was a witness to the most accelerated part of South Korea's economic development, during which time it leapfrogged from third-world military dictatorship to first-world liberal democracy on the cutting edge of global technology.
Euny Hong recounts how South Korea vaulted itself into the twenty-first century, becoming a global leader in business, technology, education, and pop culture. Featuring lively, in-depth reporting and numerous interviews with Koreans working in all areas of government and society, "The Birth of Korean Cool "reveals how a really uncool country became cool, and how a nation that once banned miniskirts, long hair on men, and rock 'n' roll could come to mass produce boy bands, soap operas, and the world's most important smart phone.