GLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR MUSIC IN SOUTH KOREA: Sounding Out K-Pop

摘要

Michael Fuhr's Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea is one of only three English-language single-author academic books on K-pop. Fuhr's book is the second, the third was released in August 2018. John Lie's book, published first, is hard to assign to students (I did for six semesters) due to a barrier-inducing academic tone, a lack of affection for the music, and a failure to divide the text into easy-to-assign chunks. In contrast, Fuhr's book is written in approachable language, with vignettes and ethnographic details that bring the points to life.