Finally, the second episode has dropped! Thank you all for your patience as we work out our new schedule and figure out tech issues.
We are planning on releasing every other Tuesday, but as you know by now, today's episode was delayed.
The book for this episode is From Factory Girls to K-Pop Idol Girls: Cultural Politics of Developmentalism, Patriarchy, and Neoliberalism in South Korea’s Popular Music Industry by Gooyong Kim.
I had some mixed feelings about this book, but I'm still glad I covered it on the pod to save other the trouble of having to read it, as it's not cheap.
Some videos! (Note SNSD = Girls' Generation)
SNSD's US Debut on the David Letterman Show!
SNSD on Live! with Kelly, with special guest host Howie Mandel. Come on, Howie. "Your English is amazing," really??
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (video starts shortly after still photo intro) A Motown Original.
The Kim Sisters Paved the Way! Performance on the Ed Sullivan Show
Wonder Girls - Nobody (I'm sorry, I have no control over how much JYP is in this MV)
SNSD - Gee Aegyeo besties!
SNSD - Boys Sultry temptresses!
SNSD - Genie Sell those legs!
Who can do it like Bae Suzy? (apparently, no one)
Some links!
Asian Financial Crisis [Federal Reserve History]
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems - [The Guardian]
Social Hierarchy Materialized: Korean Vernacular Houses as a Medium to Transfer Confucian Ideology - by Kyung Wook Seo and Seong-Lyong Ryoo
Women’s Life during the Chosŏn Dynasty by Han Hee-sook
How Detroit Assembly Lines Changed Music Forever [Road and Track]
For the Original K-Pop Stars, Survival Depended on Making it in America [History Channel]
Park Chung-Hee [Wilson Center Digital Archive]
Girls' Generation David Letterman Performance: “The Boys” Debuts Korean Stars K-Pop in America [International Business Times]
Schizoid subjectivities? Re-theorizing teen girls’ sexual cultures in an era of ‘sexualization’ [Emma Renold and Jessica Ringrose]
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