K-Soft Power and Beyond: Korean Culture, Media, and Global Exchange

K-Soft Power and Beyond: Korean Culture, Media, and Global Exchange, a cura di Imsuk Jung, Irene Lustrissimi, Kukjin Kim, Siena, Edizioni Università per Stranieri di Siena (ISBN: 978-88-32244-43-2; Quaderni CeSK - Orizzonti coreani hanui 5; volume pubblicato il 28/04/2026)

Documento allegato:  k-soft_def.pdf

Preface
Imsuk Jung, Preface - p. 1

Part 1: K-pop and the Politics of Global Circulation: Identity, Fandom, and Translocality
Soongbeum Ahn, Taeryong Kim, Rewriting the History of K-pop: Fandom Activism from the Local to the Translocal - p. 5
Paola Laforgia, Removing the K from K-pop? Limitations and potential of one of Hallyu’s key signifiers - p. 23

Part 2: Aesthetics, Memory, and Pedagogy in Contemporary Korean Culture
Taehyun Baek, The Aesthetics of Memory and Resistance: Cinematic Practice of the Korean New Wave in A Single Spark - p. 41
Kyong-sook Yoo, Teaching Korean Color Terms and Related Metaphors and Idiomatic Expressions -With a focus on intermediate to advanced learners - p. 59

Part 3: Globalizing Korean Literature: Poetry, Web Novels, and Digital Soft Power
Sara Bochicchio, Kim Hyesoon’s International Success: Speaking to All the ‘Garbage’ of the World - p. 75
Kukjin Kim, Korean Web Novel: An Innovative Form of Literature? - p. 93
Irene Lustrissimi, South Korean Soft Power Between Webtoon and Webnovel: the Solo Leveling Case - p. 109

Special Contribution: Intertextuality and Cultural Performance in Modern Korean Literature
Bruce Fulton, They Like to Sing and Dance: Intertextuality in Park Ji Yoon’s Sŏnginshik - p. 123