Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I : Transcultural Affinity, Excess, and Contradiction
7. 1. The Road to Fandom: Joy and Black “Fans” in K-pop 33
8. 2. Between Appreciation and Appropriation: Race-Transitioning among Hallyu Fans 52
9. 3. Korean Romance for Wholesomeness and Racism? The Transcultural Reception of the Reality Dating Show Single’s Inferno 74
10. 4. K-pop and the Racialization of Asian American Popular Musicians 98
11. 5. “Soft” Koreans and “Sensual” Cubans: Race, Gender, and the Reception of South Korean Popular Culture in Cuba 122
12. PART II: Intersectional Connection and Imaginaries
13. 6. Latin Orientalism and Anglo Hegemony in Korean Rock: Seo Taiji’s “Moai” (2009) 149
14. 7. “I Was Probably Korean in a Previous Life”: Transracial Jokes and Fantasies of Hallyu Fans 171
15. 8. Hallyu Dreaming: Making Sense of Race and Gender in K-dramas in the US Midwest and Ireland 194
16. 9. When K-pop Meets Islam: Cultural Appropriation and Fan Engagement 216
17. 10. “I Can Do Both”: Queering K-pop Idols through the White Discursive Standpoint of TikTok Users 238
18. Contributors 261
19. Index 267