Sport in Korea
Culture, Politics and Policy
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With the increasing popularity of K-pop and K-drama, South Korean culture has stepped into the spotlight with interest from the public and academia. The recent success of Korean sport stars in global sports leagues such as EPL, MLB and LPGA have served to introduce young sport celebrities to global fans.
With growing interest in Korean sports and its social significance from academia and in public, Sport in Korea: Culture, Politics and Policy brings together research on social, cultural, and political aspects of Korean sports today. This volume is designed as a collection of three distinctive themes: 1) sport culture and consumption in 21st century Korea; 2) key issues and controversies in Korean sport; 3) Korean sport policy and its impact on shaping the Korean sport structure and process.
Taken as a whole, the chapters provide a clear – and, crucially, new - understanding of Korean sport culture and structure and expand the scope of sociological research of sport which has been North American and European centric for too long.
Introduction – Sport in Korea: Culture, Politics and Policy; Eunha Koh
- Part One
- Chapter 1. A Glass Escalator Leading up to the Stage: The Hidden Gender Advantage for Men in the Dance World; Sangwoo Nam
- Chapter 2. Consuming Sports as a Popular Content of Korean Reality Television Shows: Reading the Sport Media Issue Under the Umbrella of Multiple Approaches; Yoonso Choi
- Chapter 3. Changing Meaning of Nationalism on Team Korea: Focused on the Korean National Soccer Team; Wanyoung Lee
- Part Two
- Chapter 4. Critical Reflections on “Sport Ethics” Discourse in Korean Society; Hee Jin Seo and Kiwoon Kim
- Chapter 5. The Role of Korean Sports Governance in Ending Sports Violence; Hanbeom Kim and Seami Lim
- Chapter 6. Athlete Activism in South Korea: Limitations and Challenges; Seongsik Cho
- Chapter 7. Sports and the 4th Industrial Revolution; Jungrae Lee and Sora Kim
- Part Three
- Chapter 8. Development of Sport Policy in South Korea: Historical and Institutional Analysis; Taehee Kang and Sun-Yong Kwon
- Chapter 9. Development, Sport Diplomacy, and Soft Power in South Korea; Dongkyu Na
Eunha Koh is a Visiting Professor of Sport Science at Inha University, Republic of Korea, as well as a former Vice President of International Sociology of Sport Association. Her research has focused on nationalism in Korean sport, sport celebrity in globalising world, and national sport policy and politics. Koh has worked with policy makers and sport organisations and published large numbers of policy reports on sport governance, sport development and sport diplomacy.