Soul In Seoul

Author : Crystal S. Anderson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 149683013X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul in Seoul written by Crystal S. Anderson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K-pop (Korean popular music) reigns as one of the most popular music genres in the world today, a phenomenon that appeals to listeners of all ages and nationalities. In Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop, Crystal S. Anderson examines the most important and often overlooked aspect of K-pop: the music itself. She demonstrates how contemporary K-pop references and incorporates musical and performative elements of African American popular music culture as well as the ways that fans outside of Korea understand these references. K-pop emerged in the 1990s with immediate global aspirations, combining musical elements from Korean and foreign cultures, particularly rhythm and blues genres of black American popular music. Korean solo artists and groups borrow from and cite instrumentation and vocals of R&B genres, especially hip-hop. They also enhance the R&B tradition by utilizing Korean musical strategies. These musical citational practices are deemed authentic by global fans who function as part of K-pop’s music press and promotional apparatus. K-pop artists also cite elements of African American performance in Korean music videos. These disrupt stereotyped representations of Asian and African American performers. Through this process K-pop has arguably become a branch of a global R&B tradition. Anderson argues that Korean pop groups participate in that tradition through cultural work that enacts a global form of crossover and by maintaining forms of authenticity that cannot be faked, and furthermore propel the R&B tradition beyond the black-white binary.

Author : Ben Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986507700
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seoul to Soul written by Ben Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : China Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989608206
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Seoul to Soul written by China Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1913-08-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir/Biography of the life of China Robinson from Kindergarten to Adulthood. A journey to find herself, an African American woman with a half Korean side. An outcast orphan who finds herself through self empowerment after struggling with abuse and acceptance. Her Supermodel daughter takes her back to Seoul to shoot for Vogue Korea 's cover. Standing over a heading "Black Beauties" victoriously reunites her mother to her past.

Author : Jen Frederick
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 059310014X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heart and Seoul written by Jen Frederick and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman learns that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected in this heart-wrenching yet hopeful romantic novel and first in the Seoul duology by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn’t need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she’s reminded that she doesn’t look like anyone else in her family—not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not like Pat’s new wife and new “real” son. At the age of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis that has her running off to Seoul in search of her roots. What Hara finds there has all the makings of a classic K-drama: a tall, mysterious stranger who greets her at the airport, spontaneous adventures across the city, and a mess of familial ties, along with a red string of destiny that winds its way around her, heart and soul. Hara goes to Korea looking for answers, but what she gets instead is love—a forbidden love that will either welcome Hara home…or destroy her chance of finding one.

Author : Axie Oh
Publisher : Tu Books
ISBN 13 : 9781643796659
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebel Seoul written by Axie Oh and published by Tu Books. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pacific Rim meets Korean action dramas in this mind-blowing sci-fi novel set in New Seoul in the year 2199.

Author : Nicholas Harkness
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520276531
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of Seoul written by Nicholas Harkness and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on fieldwork in churches, concert halls, and schools of music, Harkness argues that the European-style classical voice has become a specifically Christian emblem of South Korean prosperity.

Author : Cindy Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732613300
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Too Much Soul written by Cindy Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Cindy on her journey from being adopted in Seoul, Korea by an African American couple to growing up in the Dirty South...Jackson, MS! See how she fights and loves her way through life as she searches for her identity and discovers her place in the world despite the strongholds that society tries to place on her. As unique as her life is, what will resonate is the humanity of her experiences with her family, friends, those that have impacted her life as well as the lives of those she has impacted. Become a part of her growth and glow as she continues on her journey of self-discovery, encouraging herself and others to be their most empowered, authentic selves! "Love is the beauty of the soul." - Saint Augustine #TooMuchSoul

Author : Rachel Van Dyken
Publisher : Van Dyken Enterprises Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781946061980
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Summer In Seoul written by Rachel Van Dyken and published by Van Dyken Enterprises Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a standalone new adult romance set in the competitive world of K-pop. It's not all K-dramas and happily ever afters. Intern with Korea's number one record label? Yes, please. Find out there's a huge scandal I need to help "manage"... not so much. Add in the fact that I don't recognize the "superstars" of the label and think they're interns... And my dream job quickly becomes more of a nightmare. But I'm in Seoul, the one place that is beginning to feel more and more like home... Except it isn't home, and the drama surrounding the biggest K-pop group in the world, SWT, is consuming my every moment. Spoiler alert. They hate me. Everything I do is wrong: wrong clothes, wrong honorifics, wrong manners. Till the leader of SWT takes pity on me. But pity is dangerous when it comes from someone as beautiful as him. Every SWT member is gorgeous, perfect, and cultivated to be an idol... lethal to a girl's heart. And sanity. But fame plus a perfect face and voice don't equal an easy life. As their comeback nears, the stakes rise higher. Suicide watch... Angry fans... Threats... All I want to do is survive. But the price for survival might mean losing my heart. And like a character in a K-drama, I'm not sure if there will be an actual happily ever after... Or simply a lesson learned.

Author : Jin Stearns
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300808640
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Seoul written by Jin Stearns and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of six-year-old Jin Soo, who, after getting lost in a crowded train station in Seoul, South Korea, hides under a bench to wait for his family to come and save him. His family never comes. Jin Soo realizes this is the first step in a journey that will take him halfway across the world to a new family and then back again to search for the family he never meant to lose.

Author : Erin Kinsella
Publisher : Tychis Media
ISBN 13 : 1988931037
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heart and Seoul written by Erin Kinsella and published by Tychis Media. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's living her very own K-drama. Beside herself with excitement, best-selling author Tessa Hale flies to the vibrant city of Seoul, South Korea, where she's meeting the cast and crew of the film adaptation of her book. The thrill shifts to star-struck panic when she discovers the actor cast as the lead is the idol she's been high-key crushing on for years. The last thing he wants is more real-life drama. Baek Eun Gi is part of one of the biggest K-pop groups in the business. Music has lost its lustre, and he's hoping a shift in focus will bring back that connection he craves. Although he's estranged from his family, he has his friends, a thriving career, and a healthy respect for the dating restrictions imposed upon him. Meet cute, scandal...wedding? When their paths collide in the most unexpected--and embarrassing-- of ways, they try to put it behind them. Too bad there are photos. The music company is irate and offers them a way out of the scandal--a marriage of convenience. Their lives are about to turn upside down, but it just might be the best thing that's ever happened to them.