Hallyu: The Korean Wave and Asia

April 1, 2016

Hallyu: The Korean Wave and Asia
Hallyu: The Korean Wave and Asia

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Volume 14 | Issue 7

Article ID 5576

About the author:

Jooyeon Rhee

Dr. Jooyeon Rhee is Lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her main research examines gender representation in modern Korean literature. Her research interests include Korean film, Korean diaspora and Korea-Japan cultural interactions.

Nissim Otmazgin

Dr. Nissim Otmazgin is Senior Lecturer and Chair of the Department of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests include popular culture and regionalization in Asia, cultural industry and cultural policy in Japan and Korea. He is the author of Regionalizing Culture: the Political Economy of Japanese Popular Culture in Asia (University of Hawai’i Press, 2013), and co-editor (with Eyal Ben-Ari) of Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2012) and Popular Culture Co-Productions and Collaborations in East and Southeast Asia (NUS Press and Kyoto University Press, 2013). His recent book (edited with Rebecca Suter), is titled Stories for the Nation: Rewriting History in Manga (Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming).

The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is a peer-reviewed publication, providing critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific and the world.

    About the author:

    Jooyeon Rhee

    Dr. Jooyeon Rhee is Lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her main research examines gender representation in modern Korean literature. Her research interests include Korean film, Korean diaspora and Korea-Japan cultural interactions.

    Nissim Otmazgin

    Dr. Nissim Otmazgin is Senior Lecturer and Chair of the Department of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests include popular culture and regionalization in Asia, cultural industry and cultural policy in Japan and Korea. He is the author of Regionalizing Culture: the Political Economy of Japanese Popular Culture in Asia (University of Hawai’i Press, 2013), and co-editor (with Eyal Ben-Ari) of Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2012) and Popular Culture Co-Productions and Collaborations in East and Southeast Asia (NUS Press and Kyoto University Press, 2013). His recent book (edited with Rebecca Suter), is titled Stories for the Nation: Rewriting History in Manga (Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming).

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