[22-3] Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop (Crystal S. Anderson)

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Presenter
Crystal S. Anderson (George Mason Univ.)

Discussants
Ildong Joe (The Academy of Korean Studies)
Sookeung Jung (Transnational Law and Business Univ.)

Moderator
Wonjung Min (The Center for Hallyu Studies)

 

Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop

Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop looks at how global Korean popular music, or K-pop, draws on the music and performance of African American popular music culture and how global fans make sense of that musical intersection. Specifically, the book explores what it means for K-pop to emulate the vocals and instrumentation of the R&B tradition and enhance it with Korean musical strategies. Viewing K-pop in this way impacts how we think about popular music, audience and globalization. It encourages us to view K-pop as a diverse style of music with a history that ties in with other music traditions. It reveals a role for audience as a music press that shapes the way we talk about music.  It expands how we talk about Western and Eastern culture to looking at the specific influence of distinct, ethnic culture.

<Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop>은 전지구적인 한국 대중음악, 즉 K-pop이 아프리카계 미국 대중음악의 음악과 퍼포먼스에 어떻게 끌리는지, 그리고 글로벌 팬덤이 그 음악적 교차점을 어떻게 이해하는지 살펴본다. 특히, 이 책은 K-pop이 R&B 전통의 보컬과 악기를 모방하고 이를 한국의 음악적 전략으로 강화하는 것이 어떤 의미인지 탐구한다. K-pop을 이런 관점으로 보는 것은 대중음악, 청중, 세계화에 대한 우리의 사고방식에 영향을 미친다. 이런 경향은 K-pop을 다른 음악 전통과 연계된 역사를 가진 다양한 스타일의 음악으로 보게 하고, 음악에 대해 말하는 방식을 형성하는 청중의 음악 매체로서의 역할을 드러낸다. 이는 우리가 서양과 동양 문화에 대해 말하는 방식을 민족 문화의 특정한 영향을 보는 방식으로 확장시킨다.

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