From Factory Girls to K-Pop Idol Girls
Cultural Politics of Developmentalism, Patriarchy, and Neoliberalism in South Korea’s Popular Music Industry
Samenvatting
Kim combines historical contextualization with political economy of the media and critical textual analysis to investigate the socio-ideological effects of K-Pop in the existing networks of power and domination in gender relations. He examines K-Pop female idols’ individualism and identity formation through the lens of Korea’s cultural politics.

