We Do Hallyu!
CFP: K-POP AND K-DRAMA FANDOMS Special issue of Journal of Fandom Studies Guest Editors: Crystal S. Anderson and Doobo Shim This special issue responds to the well-established and global subculture of fans of Korean popular music (K-pop) and Korean television drama (K-drama). K-pop and K-drama are the products of Hallyu, a cultural movement from Korea…
Crystal S. Anderson, PhD Associate Professor, Elon University (U.S.) K-pop girl groups tend to be described as sexy, fierce or cute. Some suggest that images of fierceness encourage girls to be empowered, while images of cuteness take away their agency. However, responses by fans of f(x), a K-pop female group, suggest that fans prefer unique…
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, M.S.L.S. University of South Carolina Lancaster Welcome to Part 2 of my ongoing series of bibliographic entries about Hallyu. From here on, entries will be arranged by SUBJECT rather than format (e.g., books). These entries are listed by year, not by author (TIP: If you know about a title or author and…
Manse in the USA!: What K-pop Means in the United States April 12, 2013 ♦ Binghamton University Crystal S. Anderson, PhD ♦ Elon University Despite its status as a subculture, Korean popular music of the Hallyu era (K-pop) has a significant cultural impact in the United States. Combining elements of Korean and other cultures, it appeals to…
While the world has been familiar with online video for a while now, “screencasting” is a relatively new term in our technological vocabulary. Screencasting is similar to a screenshot, but instead of having static images, it’s a video of what is happening on your computer screen. This can be a powerful tool to teach people…
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, M.S.L.S University of South Carolina Lancaster When you click the “KPK Members” link on our site, our bios’ upbeat language states we have certain skill sets that match well with the work of KPK, and you know that we are Kpop fans. I think our identification as Kpop fans is one of…
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick was interviewed about how she uses the scholarly social networking site, Academia.edu, as a tool for promotion and tenure – and how she uses it as a tool to locate scholars working on Korean popular culture: “By cultivating an international following on Academia.edu, Kendrick has developed networks that span across disciplines and…
While some academics may be skeptical about the intellectual value of using a blog as part of their research, I have found that it has numerous benefits. Some academics look down on blogging for research because it is goes against the conventional wisdom that the only things that matter in scholarship are peer-reviewed production: journal…
Guiding the Wave: Academic Librarians’ Practical Role in Digital Humanities 2013 Association of College and Research Libraries Conference Indianapolis, IN • April 10-13, 2013 Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, M.S.L.S. • University of South Carolina Lancaster This engaging poster session focuses on LIS-centric projects that support the mission of a digital cultural study focusing on the international development of Korean…
KPK: Kpop Kollective 