Description
| Product ID: | 9781032079394 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | K-pop Dance |
| Subtitle: | Fandoming Yourself on Social Media |
| Authors: | Author: Chuyun Oh |
| Page Count: | 184 |
| Subjects: | Dance, Dance |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social media. This book is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social media. Based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, choreography, and participation-observation with 40 amateur and professional K-pop dancers in New York, California, and Seoul, the book traces the evolution of K-pop dance from the 1980s to the 2020s and explains its distinctive feature called ‘gestural point choreography’ – front-driven, two-dimensional, decorative and charming movements of the upper body and face – as an example of what the author theorizes as ‘social media dance.’ It also explores K-pop cover dance as a form of intercultural performance, suggesting that, by imitating and idolizing K-pop dance, fans are eventually ‘fandoming’ themselves and their bodies. Presenting an ethnographic study of K-pop dance and its fandom, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Media Studies, Korean Studies, Performance Studies, and Dance. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-01 |
