{"product_id":"pop-city-youjeong-oh-9781501730719","title":"Pop City: Korean Popular Culture and the Selling of Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePop City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eexamines the use of Korean television dramas and K-pop music to promote urban and rural places in South Korea.\u003c\/b\u003e Building on the phenomenon of Korean pop culture, Youjeong Oh argues that pop culture-featured place selling mediates two separate domains: political decentralization and the globalization of Korean popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy analyzing the process of culture-featured place marketing, \u003ci\u003ePop City\u003c\/i\u003e shows that urban spaces are produced and sold just like TV dramas and pop idols by promoting spectacular images rather than substantial physical and cultural qualities. Oh demonstrates how the speculative, image-based, and consumer-exploitive nature of popular culture shapes the commodification of urban space and ultimately argues that pop culture-mediated place promotion entails the domination of urban space by capital in more sophisticated and fetishized ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Youjeong Oh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501730711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501730719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019","brand":"Youjeong Oh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979757945087,"sku":"9781501730719","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4079940-2619-41e8-8614-8d22252b2829.jpg?v=1683246798","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pop-city-youjeong-oh-9781501730719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}