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474 The Journal of Korean Studies NOTE 1. See Shen Zhi-hua, "Sino-North Korean Conflict and Its Resolution during the Korean War," Cold War International Hi story Project Bulletin, nos. 14-15 (Winter 2003- Spring 2004): 9-24. KATHRYN WEATHERSBY KOREA UNIVERSITY * * * K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innova tion in South Korea by John Lie. Oakland: University of California Press, 2014. 248 pp. $34.95 (paperback) K-pop never had its roots in authentic Korean music. In his latest work, K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea, John Lie spearheads this simple yet daring premise. It is truly a timely and ambitious account of South Korean popular music in a broader historical context. The book's most obvious contribution is introducing a new perspective on K-pop through the exploration of South Korean music history, rather than its global impact embodied in the discourses of the Korean Wave-a transnational circulation-or of course, the latest international dance craze "Gangnam Style" by Psy. Lie's intellectual curiosity embraces the wider historical context of modem Korea in which he ex amines the morphology of South Korean popular music from its nascent form to its present iteration. This point of view has
Journal of Korean Studies – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 15, 2015
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