Resources

This video "is meant to show the range of artistry, intention, and experiences within K-Pop as well as investigate what K-Pop really is."

This study examines how young people become, and feel about being, K-pop fans in a Western context, which is geographically and culturally distant from K-pop's place of origin.

Through an in-depth analysis of American fans of K-pop boy bands, this study explores the racial implication of the popularity of male K-pop idols whose performance of masculinity is different from hegemonic masculinity in the United States.

This video examines the VICE documentary titled "K-Pop Machine" and Western media coverage of K-Pop.

This book examines the most important and often overlooked aspect of K-pop: the music itself, demonstrating how contemporary K-pop references and incorporates musical and performative elements of African American popular music culture as well as the ways that fans outside of Korea understand these references.