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“Asia! Asia!” – Stephen Epstein at SOAS

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by Philip Gowman on 15 November, 2009

in Conference reports, Hallyu, SOAS

Stephen Epstein had a busy week last week giving lectures in Cambridge, Oxford and London. He is on a lecture tour of Europe, using the trip as an opportunity to test various chapters from his forthcoming book with a critical audience. Friday’s lecture at SOAS focused on the portrayal of some of Korea’s Asian neighbours [...]

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The Axis of Vaudeville: Images of North Korea in South Korean Pop Culture

6 November 2009 Conference reports
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Elizabeth Grace reports on Dr Stephen Epstein’s talk at Cambridge earlier this week
We are all too familiar with the Western media’s portrayal of North Korea as a rogue communist state, complete with an evil dictator whose regime is seen as an unrepentant member of the “axis of evil.” Although these one-sided portrayals are increasingly the [...]

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South Korean Popular Culture and “Asia” in the New Millennium

4 November 2009 Events news
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More detail on this Friday’s talk at SOAS:
Friday, November 6th, 5pm, room G50 (main building)
Dr. Stephen Epstein, Victoria University of Wellington
“Asia! Asia!” – South Korean Popular Culture and “Asia” in the New Millennium
Abstract:
In 2007, the number of foreign nationals in South Korea surpassed 1,000,000 for the first time: labour migration has risen substantially since [...]

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Keith Howard (ed): Korean Pop Music – riding the wave

26 August 2006 Book reviews: Music
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(Global Oriental, 2006)

A very readable introduction to the history of Korean popular music. While the book is a collection of articles by different scholars, careful selection ensures that there’s no duplication and that the coverage is chronological. And for once in a book of this nature there’s evidence that the editor has actually done some [...]

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