DOCSLIB.ORG

Diasporic P'ungmul in the United States

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Diasporic P'ungmul in the United States Diasporic P’ungmul in the United States: A Journey between Korea and the United States DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Soo-Jin Kim Graduate Program in Music The Ohio State University 2011 Committee: Professor Udo Will, Advisor Associate Professor Chan E. Park Assistant Professor Danielle Fosler-Lussier Copyright by Soo-Jin Kim 2011 Abstract This study contributes to understanding diaspora and its music cultures by examining the Korean genre of p’ungmul as a particular site of continuous and dynamic cultural socio-political exchange between the homeland and the host society. As practiced in Los Angeles and New York City, this genre of percussion music and dance is shaped by Korean cultural politics, intellectual ideologies and institutions as p’ungmul practitioners in the United States seek performance aesthetics that fit into new performance contexts. This project first describes these contexts by tracing the history of Korean emigration to the United States and identifying the characteristics of immigrant communities in Los Angeles and New York City. While the p’ungmul troupes developed by Korean political refugees, who arrived during the 1980s, show the influence of the minjung cultural movement in Korea, cultural politics of the Korean government also played an important role in stimulating Korean American performers to learn traditional Korean performing arts by sending troupes to the United States. The dissertation then analyzes the various methods by which p’ungmul is transmitted in the United States, including the different methods of teaching and learning p’ungmul—writing verbalizations of instrumental sounds on paper, score, CD/DVD, and audio/video files found on the internet—and the cognitive consequences of those methods. The ways in which immigrants teach and learn p’ungmul have brought standardization to performance ii practices and enabled Korean American p’ungmul practitioners to learn performance styles currently popular in Korea. This project shows the culture of p’ungmul in the United States to be highly flexible, as Korean American performers utilize different performance instrumentation, repertoire, and aesthetics depending on different audiences, performance venues, aims, and performance contexts. Depending on where they are performing or for whom, they alternate between highly virtuosic and dramatic performance techniques and attempts to re-arrange traditional existing repertoires. In tracing the common performance practices and instrumentation found in different p’ungmul groups in the United States, this project ultimately reveals how different conceptualizations of p’ungmul according to different age groups and across professionals and amateurs affect performance practices and aesthetics. iii Dedication This document is dedicated to my family. iv Acknowledgments It took a long journey for the completion of my doctoral work. This dissertation would not have come into being without help from many people who were right there in every single step at the perfect time. First of all, I would like to express my appreciation for my advisor, Dr. Udo Will, whose patience, support, logical thinking and productive criticism helped me develop a more critical perspective on my work. His theoretical orientation and perspective on music scholarship have been a turning point for my study. I also warmly thank my committee members. Dr. Chan E. Park has been interested in my work and listened to all of my fieldwork experiences and that gave me confidence for this study. Her own work inspired me to become interested in Korean studies and traditional Korean performing arts in diasporic spheres. I also owe deep thanks to Dr. Danielle Fosler-Lussier for her valuable comments, interdisciplinary perspectives and warm encouragement. She has given me precious and honest advice, not only in the process of writing this dissertation but also in anticipating my career. This research has been supported by several grants from the Ohio State University. Ethnomusicology Fieldwork Grants from 2006 to 2008 were used for research trips to Los Angeles and New York City. The International Travel Matching Grant and the Arts and Humanities Graduate Small Research Grant as well as the School v of Music Travel Grant provided financial support which allowed me to present conference papers in Liverpool, UK and New Orleans, Louisiana, respectively. I also must thank the Korea Foundation for awarding me its Graduate Studies Fellowship in the academic year 2007-08. I was able to accelerate my field research owing to the Fellowship. I want to thank to numerous people whom I met during my field research: Kang Tae-sŭng, Nam Chang-u, Kim Chun, Yun Se-jong, Chang Hŭi-jŏng, Cliff Sŏk-jae Yi in Los Angeles; Kim Kyŏng-jin, Kang Kyŏng-hŭi, Ko Ch‘an-hyŏck, Kim Pan-ya, Pak Pong-gu, Yang Chin-hwan, Yang Sun-ju, Yi Chong-hwan, Yuk Sang-min, and Kim Ch‘i- jung in New York City; Sebastian Wang in Baltimore. They all willingly participated in my project through being my interviewees. Also, I remember the warm support for my research from Kang Chi-yŏn and Yi Sang-yŏl at Hanool. Additionally, I thank Yang Chŏng-yŏn, who is a performing arts manager at the Korean Cultural Service in New York, for her generous support in providing a list of performers in New York City and answering my questions. Additionally, I would like to express my deep thanks to Professor Ju Sung-hye, my former advisor, at the Korea National University of Arts in Korea, for her invaluable encouragement and deep academic insight for my study in the United States. She first introduced me the academic field of ethnomusicology in 2001. Since then, I have followed that path and attempted to add my academic voice to the conversations about the field of ethnomusicology of Korea. Her presence in my study is incredibly influential. vi My deepest and most heartfelt thanks go to my family. My parents Kim Yang- sun and Hong Yong-sun and younger brother, Kim Yun-ch‘ŏl, have provided their endless love and steadfast support. Writing this work began with the birth of my daughter, Yun Ji-hyo Eliana. Her smile and laugh has continued to refresh me and enabled to be ready to go back to work. I cannot express enough thanks to my husband, Yun Yeo-min for his patience, love, generosity, and help throughout this entire process; it is hard to imagine completing this work without his babysitting and prayers. Last, but not least, I thank God for giving me strength and being always with me with His love. vii Vita 1979................................................................Born, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2002................................................................B.M. Musicology, Korea National University of Arts 2004................................................................M.M. Musicology, Korea National University of Arts 2011................................................................Ph.D. Musicology, The Ohio State University Fields of Study Major Field: Music Area of Emphasis: Ethnomusicology viii Table of Contents Abstract ............................................................................................................................... ii Dedication .......................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgments............................................................................................................... v Vita ................................................................................................................................... viii Fields of Study ................................................................................................................. viii Table of Contents ............................................................................................................... ix List of Tables ................................................................................................................... xiv List of Figures ................................................................................................................... xv Notes on Romanization and Translation ........................................................................ xviii Chapter 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background of P’ungmul ......................................................................................... 3 1.2.1. Defining Immigrants in Transnational Flow ......................................................... 6 1.2.2. Ethnic Enclaves ................................................................................................... 12 1.2.3. Correspondence between Culture, Place and People .......................................... 16 ix 1.3. Studies on Korean Immigrants ............................................................................... 18 1.3.1. Korean Immigrants in the U.S............................................................................. 18 1.3.2. Studies on Korean Music in the U.S. .................................................................. 19 1.4. Research Methodology ........................................................................................... 23 1.5. Performance and Bi-Musicality ............................................................................. 26 1.5.1. Transcending the
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Content Analysis of the Visual Portrayals of Women in Latina and Glamour Magazines
    Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Communication Theses Department of Communication 5-4-2007 Ethnic Media and Identity Construction: Content Analysis of the Visual Portrayals of Women in Latina and Glamour Magazines Patricia Ricle Mayorga Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/communication_theses Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Ricle Mayorga, Patricia, "Ethnic Media and Identity Construction: Content Analysis of the Visual Portrayals of Women in Latina and Glamour Magazines." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2007. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/communication_theses/22 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Communication at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Communication Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ETHNIC MEDIA AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE VISUAL PORTRAYALS OF WOMEN IN LATINA AND GLAMOUR MAGAZINES by PATRICIA RICLE MAYORGA Under the Direction of Jaye Atkinson ABSTRACT Media are powerful agents of socialization; mediated images affect individual and group behavior as well as inter-group attitudes. In the case of the Hispanic/Latino community in the U.S., frequently underrepresented and stereotyped in mainstream media, identity politics and perspectives of self-representation are complicated by the vast diversity of this membership. This project analyzed the current discourse on Hispanic/Latino ethnic identity proposed by Latina magazine and its social standing in relation to the mainstream culture. A quantitative content analysis that compared Latina’s visual portrayals of women to the female portrayals found in the mainstream magazine Glamour suggested that Latina constructed a homogenized and non-conflictive identity for Hispanic/Latino women; an identity that supports U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • 2018 Sample Report #2
    network of international business schools WORLDWIDE CASE COMPETITION Sample Case Analysis #2 Qualification Round submission from the 2018 NIBS Worldwide Case Competition, Guatemala Case: CJ E&M: KCON Goes Global © 2018, Network of International Business Schools This document is provided for educational and training purposes, and is for the exclusive use of teams seeking to prepare for the NIBS Worldwide Case Competition. It may not be used or reproduced for any other purpose without the explicit consent of the Network of International Business Schools. CJ E&M: KCON GOES GLOBAL Submission prepared for the Qualifying Round of the 2018 Network of International Business Schools Worldwide Case Competition Universidad del Istmo by XXXXXX University (Name of Student 1) (Name of Student 2) (Name of Student 3) (Name of Student 4) Word count: 1,282 Executive Summary CJ E&M is a globally recognized company that organizes the KCON Korean pop music festival. K-pop is an increasingly popular music category, but the number of highly successful artists is limited; this has created cost pressures as well as operational constraints on growth. In addition, the need for innovation has led to higher costs to organize the event, while lack of sponsorship has hurt revenues. The result is that KCON has struggled to make a profit. CJ E&M needs a strategy that will achieve the following: • Create path towards consistent growth. • Create a platform to discover talents. • Expand the concept to new markets. To achieve these objectives, we recommend that the company make better use of auditioning, target new locations in rotation, and acquire a cosmetics company.
    [Show full text]
  • Birth and Evolution of Korean Reality Show Formats
    Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Film, Media & Theatre Dissertations School of Film, Media & Theatre Spring 5-6-2019 Dynamics of a Periphery TV Industry: Birth and Evolution of Korean Reality Show Formats Soo keung Jung [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/fmt_dissertations Recommended Citation Jung, Soo keung, "Dynamics of a Periphery TV Industry: Birth and Evolution of Korean Reality Show Formats." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2019. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/fmt_dissertations/7 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Film, Media & Theatre at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Film, Media & Theatre Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DYNAMICS OF A PERIPHERY TV INDUSTRY: BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF KOREAN REALITY SHOW FORMATS by SOOKEUNG JUNG Under the Direction of Ethan Tussey and Sharon Shahaf, PhD ABSTRACT Television format, a tradable program package, has allowed Korean television the new opportunity to be recognized globally. The booming transnational production of Korean reality formats have transformed the production culture, aesthetics and structure of the local television. This study, using a historical and practical approach to the evolution of the Korean reality formats, examines the dynamic relations between producer, industry and text in the
    [Show full text]
  • 2018-05-Ma-Yang.Pdf
    RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF ENGLISH IDEOLOGY IN GLOBALIZING SOUTH KOREA A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN ASIAN STUDIES MAY 2018 By Seung Woo Yang Thesis Committee: Young-A Park, Chairperson Cathryn Clayton Patricia Steinhoff Keywords: Korean, English, Globalization, English Ideology, National Competitiveness i ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are many individuals and organizations I would like to thank for this academic and personal undertaking. The Center for Korean Studies was a big reason why I chose UH Manoa. I owe a great appreciation to the Center for Korean Studies for the remarkable events as well as the opportunity to serve as a graduate assistant. Not only the position provided financial assistance, but I am truly greatful for the learning opportunities it presented. I am also thankful for the opportunity to present this thesis at the Center for Korean Studies. Thank you Director Sang-Hyup Lee, Professor Tae-ung Baik, Mercy, and Kortne for welcoming me into the Center. Thank you, the East-West Center, particularly Dr. Ned Shultz and Kanika Mak-Lavy, for not only the generous funding, but for providing an outside-the-classroom learning that truly enhanced my graduate studies experience. The East-West Center provided the wonderful community and a group of friends where I can proudly say I belong. Thank you Mila and Fidzah. I jokingly believe that I did not finish my thesis on time because of you guys. But I credit you guys for teaching me and redefining the value of trust, generosity, and friendship.
    [Show full text]
  • Exploring Aspects of Korean Traditional Music in Young Jo Lee's
    EXPLORING ASPECTS OF KOREAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN YOUNG JO LEE’S PIANO HONZA NORI Jin Kim, B.M., M.M. Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS August 2013 APPROVED: Adam Wodnicki, Major Professor Elvia Puccinelli, Committee Member Joseph Banowetz, Committee Member Steven Harlos, Chair of the Division of Keyboard Studies John Murphy, Interim Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Music James C. Scott, Dean of the College of Music Mark Wardell, Dean of the Toulouse Graduate School Kim, Jin. Exploring Aspects of Korean Traditional Music in Young Jo Lee’s Piano Honza Nori. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), August 2013, 29 pp., 4 tables, 9 figures, 13 musical examples, bibliography, 32 titles. Since the 1960s, several gifted Korean composers, including perhaps most notably Young Jo Lee (b. 1943), have been internationally acclaimed for their work. In Western countries, however, there has been a scarcity of academic studies examining the artistry of the music of these Korean composers. Nonetheless, as one of today’s most recognized composers in Korea, Young Jo Lee has been invited to numerous international concerts, conferences, and festivals where his works have been played and discussed. A salient feature of his compositions is the fusion of Korean traditional music and the elements of Western compositions, such as in, for one distinctive example, his piano composition, Piano Honza Nori. This musical study describes and analyzes how Lee integrates Korean traditional elements with Western musical ideas in Piano Honza Nori. Results of this study will contribute to the limited literature on the analysis of contemporary piano composition that integrates Korean traditional elements.
    [Show full text]
  • Confronting Sa-I-Gu: Twenty Years After the Los Angeles Riots
    【특집】 Confronting Sa-i-gu: Twenty Years after the Los Angeles Riots Edward Taehan Chang (the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies) Twenty years ago on April 29, Los Angeles erupted and Koreatown cried as it burned. For six-days, the LAPD was missing in action as rioting, looting, burning, and killing devastated the city. The “not guilty” Rodney King verdict ignited anger and frustration felt by South Los Angeles residents who suffered from years of neglect, despair, hopelessness, injustice, and oppression.1) In the Korean American community, the Los Angeles riot is remembered as Sa-i-gu (April 29 in Korean). Korean Americans suffered disproportionately high economic losses as 2,280 Korean American businesses were looted or burned with $400 million in property damages.2) Without any political clout and power in the city, Koreatown was unprotected and left to burn since it was not a priority for city politicians and 1) Rodney King was found dead in his own swimming pool on June 17, 2012, shortly after publishing his autobiography The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption Learning How We Can All Get Along, in April 2012. 2) Korea Daily Los Angeles, May 11, 1992. 2 Edward Taehan Chang the LAPD. For the Korean American community, Sa-i-gu is known as its most important historical event, a “turning point,” “watershed event,” or “wake-up call.” Sa-i-gu profoundly altered the Korean American discourse, igniting debates and dialogue in search of new directions.3) The riot served as a catalyst to critically examine what it meant to be Korean American in relation to multicultural politics and race, economics and ideology.
    [Show full text]
  • World Food Security/3/18/02
    CHAPTER 4 TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM VER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IT HAS become clearer and clearer that the global food system strongly resembles a cartel. Since the members share power, purpose, and philosophy, no collusive conspiracy is O needed. Neither national governments, labor unions, cooperatives and other pro- ducer groups, nor consumer organizations, individually or collectively, appear yet to constitute an effective countervail- ing power to this combination of corporate agribusiness, rich individuals, large landowners in both industrialized and developing countries, and the financial institutions that guide and support them. UN figures suggest that the 7,000 TNCs counted in 1970 have increased to about 45,000. Business magazines agree that the largest 200 dominate the global economy. This concentration has exploded in the last decade in many sectors of the economy: biotechnology, communica- tions, computers, energy, entertainment, media, mining, pharmaceuticals, services (including financial), transporta- tion, and—perhaps less obviously—food and agriculture. In the last decade of the twentieth century, mergers became one of the most common forms of economic activity. According to Pat Roy Mooney, of Rural Advancement Foundation International, “Global corporations now control one-third of the world’s productive assets and three-quarters of all world trade.” 1 In the food and agriculture sector there is now a quasi-oligopoly with multiple moving parts. 86 WORLD FOOD SECURITY TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM 87 Although the dominant forces do not seem to be delib- tive use of this kind of power torpedoed the proposed erately impoverishing the poor and denying them access to International Trade Organization after the Bretton Woods the food they need, their operations have the effect of doing Conference half a century ago, delayed GATT ratification for both.
    [Show full text]
  • Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Sociolinguistic Integration of to Approaches Migration Andthe Sociolinguistic Methodological  Theoretical
    Theoretical Methodological and the Sociolinguistic Migration Approaches to of Integration Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Sociolinguistic • Florentino Paredes García and María Sancho Pascual Integration of Migration Edited by Florentino Paredes García and María Sancho Pascual Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Languages www.mdpi.com/journal/languages Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Sociolinguistic Integration of Migration Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Sociolinguistic Integration of Migration Special Issue Editors Florentino Paredes Garc´ıa Mar´ıa Sancho Pascual MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan • Barcelona • Belgrade • Manchester • Tokyo • Cluj • Tianjin Special Issue Editors Florentino Paredes Garc´ıa Mar´ıa Sancho Pascual University of Alcala´ Complutense University of Madrid Spain Spain Editorial Office MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel, Switzerland This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Languages (ISSN 2226-471X) (available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special issues/sociolinguistic migration). For citation purposes, cite each article independently as indicated on the article page online and as indicated below: LastName, A.A.; LastName, B.B.; LastName, C.C. Article Title. Journal Name Year, Article Number, Page Range. ISBN 978-3-03936-192-2 (Hbk) ISBN 978-3-03936-193-9 (PDF) Cover image courtesy of Florentino Paredes Garc´ıa and Mar´ıa Sancho Pascual. c 2020 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications.
    [Show full text]
  • National Endowment for the Arts Annual Report 1982
    Nat]onal Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: I have the honor to submit to you the Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Arts for the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 1982. Respectfully, F. S. M. Hodsoll Chairman The President The White House Washington, D.C. March 1983 Contents Chairman’s Statement 3 The Agency and Its Functions 6 The National Council on the Arts 7 Programs 8 Dance 10 Design Arts 30 Expansion Arts 46 Folk Arts 70 Inter-Arts 82 International 96 Literature 98 Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television 114 Museum 132 Music 160 Opera-Musical Theater 200 Theater 210 Visual Arts 230 Policy, Planning and Research 252 Challenge Grants 254 Endowment Fellows 259 Research 261 Special Constituencies 262 Office for Partnership 264 Artists in Education 266 State Programs 272 Financial Summary 277 History of Authorizations and Appropriations 278 The descriptions of the 5,090 grants listed in this matching grants, advocacy, and information. In 1982 Annual Report represent a rich variety of terms of public funding, we are complemented at artistic creativity taking place throughout the the state and local levels by state and local arts country. These grants testify to the central impor­ agencies. tance of the arts in American life and to the TheEndowment’s1982budgetwas$143million. fundamental fact that the arts ate alive and, in State appropriations from 50 states and six special many cases, flourishing, jurisdictions aggregated $120 million--an 8.9 per­ The diversity of artistic activity in America is cent gain over state appropriations for FY 81.
    [Show full text]
  • Alumnews2007
    C o l l e g e o f L e t t e r s & S c i e n c e U n i v e r s i t y D EPARTMENT o f o f C a l i f o r n i a B e r k e l e y MUSIC IN THIS ISSUE Alumni Newsletter S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 7 1–2 Special Occasions Special Occasions CELEBRATIONS 2–4 Events, Visitors, Alumni n November 8, 2006, the department honored emeritus professor Andrew Imbrie in the year of his 85th birthday 4 Faculty Awards Owith a noon concert in Hertz Hall. Alumna Rae Imamura and world-famous Japanese pianist Aki Takahashi performed pieces by Imbrie, including the world premiere of a solo piano piece that 5–6 Faculty Update he wrote for his son, as well as compositions by former Imbrie Aki Takahashi performss in Hertz Hall student, alumna Hi Kyung Kim (professor of music at UC Santa to honor Andrew Imbrie. 7 Striggio Mass of 1567 Cruz), and composers Toru Takemitsu and Michio Mamiya, with whom Imbrie connected in “his Japan years.” The concert was followed by a lunch in Imbrie’s honor in Hertz Hall’s Green Room. 7–8 Retirements Andrew Imbrie was a distinguished and award-winning member of the Berkeley faculty from 1949 until his retirement in 1991. His works include five string quartets, three symphonies, numerous concerti, many works for chamber ensembles, solo instruments, piano, and chorus. His opera Angle of 8–9 In Memoriam Repose, based on Wallace Stegner’s book, was premeiered by the San Francisco Opera in 1976.
    [Show full text]
  • From an Ethnic Island to a Transnational Bubble: a Reflection on Korean Americans in Los Angeles
    Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works Asian and Asian American Studies 2012 From an Ethnic Island to a Transnational Bubble: A Reflection on Korean Americans in Los Angeles Edward J.W. Park Loyola Marymount University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/aaas_fac Part of the East Asian Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Edward J.W. Park (2012) From an Ethnic Island to a Transnational Bubble: A Reflection on orK ean Americans in Los Angeles, Amerasia Journal, 38:1, 43-47. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Asian and Asian American Studies at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. From an Ethnic Island to a Transnational Bubble Transnational a to Island an Ethnic From So much more could be said in reflecting on Sa-I-Gu. My main goal in this brief essay has simply been to limn the ways in which the devastating fires of Sa-I-Gu have produced a loamy and fecund soil for personal discovery, community organizing, political mobilization, and, ultimately, a remaking of what it means to be Korean and Asian in the United States. From an Ethnic Island to a Transnational Bubble: A Reflection on Korean Americans in Los Angeles Edward J.W. Park EDWARD J.W. PARK is director and professor of Asian Pacific American Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
    [Show full text]
  • Download and Upload Speeds for Any Individual Device That Is Connected to the Network
    UC Irvine UC Irvine Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Acceleration and Information: Managing South Korean Online Gaming Culture Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2204k0wv Author Rea, Stephen Campbell Publication Date 2015 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Acceleration and Information: Managing South Korean Online Gaming Culture DISSERTATION submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Anthropology by Stephen C. Rea Dissertation Committee: Associate Professor Keith M. Murphy, Chair Professor Tom Boellstorff Professor Bill Maurer 2015 © 2015 Stephen C. Rea TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii CURRICULUM VITAE v ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION vi CHAPTER 1: Playing at the Speed of Life: Korean Online Gaming Culture and the 1 Aesthetic Representations of an Advanced Information Society CHAPTER 2: “Slow to Industrialize, but Let’s Lead in Informatization”: The Korea 31 Information Infrastructure, the IMF, and Online Games CHAPTER 3: Situating Korean Online Gaming Culture Offline 71 CHAPTER 4: Managing the Gap: The Temporal, Spatial, and Social Entailments of 112 Playing Online Games CHAPTER 5: Crafting Stars: e-Sports and the Professionalization of Korean Online 144 Gaming Culture CHAPTER 6: “From Heroes to Monsters”: “Addiction” and Managing Online Gaming 184 Culture CONCLUSION 235 BIBLIOGRAPHY 242 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation would not have been
    [Show full text]