GS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Postcolonialism, S.M. Entertainment, Seo Taiji
Document Summary
Most watched youtube video (2. 7 billion views); 1 billion views in 160 days. Forms of culture that emerged during industrialization and urbanization. Films, tv shows, popular music, forms of slang. Culture that belongs to ordinary" people in contrast to elites. Mass produces (commercial) in contrast to folk music. Arena of struggle between dominant and subordinate classes. Ex tin pan alley songs in us. End of ww11 - us and soviet zones. South korea and north korea as states. Rapid industrialization and growth - asian tiger. 2004: cultural products - usmillion or . 2% of gdp. Government decided to support culture (similar to cars, electronics) National project within globalization not against it. Ex winter sonata, jewel in the palace, autumn in the heart. First - removal of trade barriers (globalization) Ambivalence about (not rejection of) traditional moral ideas. Blends storytelling, music, group dance, body performance, and fashion show. Draws on hip hop, euro techno, grunge, pop, and rap.
