Korean Popular Culture and World Cup

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In this book, the author deals with the Korean cultural characteristics of World Cup 2002.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. The meaning of 2002 World Cup in Korea 9

Chapter 2. The condition of collective enthusiasm for the Korean people

Chapter 3. The support of Red Devils and Generation gap 14

Chapter 4. World Cup and excessive patriotism 29

Chapter 5. Hidink myth and Koreans’ consciousness 30

Chapter 6. Tae Keuk Ki cheering fashion 48~66

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CHAPTER 1
The meaning of 2002 World Cup
in Korea



When the 2002 World Cup was just around the corner, Koreans began to heat their bodies through a friendly game of soccer before raising the curtain. Everything but soccer games seemed to come to a halt. People were absent-minded at school or in the office. Union strikes and political strife stopped. The investigation concerning the son of an ex-president was postponed. Everything that could prevent the World Cup from taking place was put on hold.
The World Cup is the most popular and most authoritative international sports festival. It is held every four years and starting with its regional qualifiers people become excited. Because in the World Cup games, professional soccer players can take part as we see the best players play. All of the citizens of the global village pay attention to the magnificent stadium in which the world stars are playing. The world stars’ splendid soccer games, through TV satellite relay, function to excite people and make them catharsis all over the world. The World Cup inspires the sense of community and (makes supporters formed by diverse races hurt by fighting each other.)
Nevertheless, the World Cup plays a huge part in bringing the boom in the fields of star system made by the harmonious combination of ethnic groups, stars, mass media, capital, sports marketing, advertisements, and further cultural sightseeing. On the other hand, the fields which do not cooperate with the cultural atmosphere of the World Cup collapse or are ruined. The productivity in many companies decreases and (the ones other than the cities where the World Cup is held and the foreign areas for sightseeing will have no tourists almost for a month). Because television channels are occupied by televising the World Cup, there is no choice to select other programs. Actually, Korean television channels continued to feature the World Cup even a year after the World Cup was over....

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We believe this book will be helpful to understand Korean popular culture.

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Author : Taik Soo HYUN

Ph.D. Sociology, University of Paris-Sorbonne
Professor of Department of Korea University
Director of Institute of Korean Social Problems in Korea
Visiting Scholar of University of Southern California
Senior Researcher in Korean Broadcasting Institute
Vice Director of Salvation Army Social Welfare Institute in Korea
Researcher of Centre des Sociologie des Arts, EHESS in Paris
Fellowship of the La Maison des Cultures du Monde
Research Areas: Culture, Social theories, Social problems, Social welfare
Works : 40 books published