Section A02
Response 8 - Korean American Youth and Transnational Flow of Popular Culture across the Pacific
This article describes the flow and blending of two distinctly separate cultures, in this case the United States of America and Korea, namely South Korea. These two cultures are distanced from each other by thousands of miles, yet they still are able to provide a significant amount of influence on each other. Partly due to the increasing globalization and connectivity of the world, traces of Korean culture can steadily be seen within the United States and vice versa. Although previously the culture flow had been from west to rest/east, as in America to South Korea, Korean pop culture has shown an increasing prevalence among Asian American youth, not even just Korean Americans. While I myself am not a fan of K-pop, I have a decent number of friends who indeed are in adoration and obsession with the phenomenon. I have noticed this trend even at UC Davis, with certain people among the student population talking about K-pop, or even dressing in adherence to the style of Korean pop artists. This is not a surprising thing, as the United States is a blend of people from various backgrounds. Thus the eventual increase in influence from certain cultures was surely to be expected, as Asian Americans relate back to the growing popularity of certain cultural aspects from their motherland.
Question: While Korean pop culture has gained a steady influence in the United States, has American culture caused an even greater influence in South Korea instead? In what ways do the cultural influences differ and in what ways are they the same?
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