"The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture: Surfing the Korean Wave"

Book abstract

Combining global, media, and cultural studies, the book The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture (Palgrave, 2021) analyzes the success of Hallyu, or the "Korean Wave” in the West, both at a macro and micro level, as an alternative pop culture globalization. This research investigates the capitalist ecosystem (formed by producers, institutions and the state), the soft power of Hallyu, and the reception among young people, using France as a case study, and placing it within the broader framework of the 'consumption of difference.’ Seen by French fans as a challenge to Western pop culture, Hallyu constitutes a material of choice for understanding the cosmopolitan apprenticeships linked to the consumption of cultural goods, and the use of these resources to build youth’s biographical trajectories.

(ISBN: 978-3-030-84295-6 (Hardcover); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84296-3)

Guest speakers and authors

Associate Prof Dr Vincenzo Cicchelli 

Vincenzo Cicchelli (PHD) is an Associate Professor at the Université Paris Cité and a Research Fellow at the Centre Population et Développement (CEPED) (Université Paris Cité/Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)). He is currently the Director of International Relations at GRIP (Global Research Institute of Paris, Université Paris Cité): https://u-paris.fr/global-research-institute-paris/en/homepage/. At Brill, he is the Editor-in-Chief (with Sylvie Octobre) of the “Global Youth Studies” suite (composed of the journals and the book series: “Youth and Globalization”; “Youth in a Globalizing World”; “Brill Research Perspectives in Global Youth”): http://www2.brill.com/gys. He is the author of many books and articles, of which the latest are: ); K-pop, soft power et culture globale, Paris, PUF, 2022 (with Sylvie Octobre); The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture: Surfing the Korean Wave, London, Palgrave, 2021 (with Sylvie Octobre).

Dr Sylvie Octobre

Sylvie Octobre (PHD) is a researcher at the Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques (French Ministry of Culture), and a Research Fellow at Centre Max Weber (ENS Lyon and Université Lumières Lyon 2). At Brill, she is the Editor-in-Chief (with Vincenzo Cicchelli) of the “Global Youth Studies” collection (composed of the journals and the book series: “Youth and Globalization”; “Youth in a Globalizing World”; and “Brill Research Perspectives in Global Youth”): http://www2.brill.com/gys. She is the author of many articles and books, of which the latest are: K-pop, soft power et culture globale, Paris, PUF, 2022 (with Vincenzo Cicchelli); The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture: Surfing the Korean Wave, London, Palgrave, 2021 (with Vincenzo Cicchelli).