{"product_id":"brother-is-a-street-musician-viewing-the-landscape-of-modernity-through-korean-popular-music-paperback","title":"Brother Is a Street Musician: Viewing the Landscape of Modernity Through Korean Popular Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZhang Eujeong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSeulbin Han\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of the Korean popular music industry dates back a century before the beginnings of K-Pop, to when the Korean peninsula was still under Japanese rule. Though Koreans didn't have an independent country, they were still able to use recorded music to assert a distinct cultural identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrother Is a Street Musician \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the development of Korean popular music over the first half of the twentieth century, examining both industry trends and talented composers and performers like Nam Insu and Yi Nanyǒng. Drawing from rare archives of gramophone records and lyric books, musicologist Zhang Eujeong shows how Korean musicians drew from folk traditions to create totally new genres, ranging from comic songs to Western-influenced jazz records. She also includes English translations and detailed analyses of lyrics from some of the era's most popular songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark study of Korean music, now available in English for the first time, \u003ci\u003eBrother Is a Street Musician \u003c\/i\u003etells the inspiring story of how a colonized people developed their own form of popular music, planting the seeds for an industry that would grow to export Korean culture around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZHANG EUJEONG is a professor of liberal arts at Dankook University, South Korea. She has published thirty books and over ninety essays on Korean popular music, popular culture, and oral tradition, including \u003ci\u003eTearooms and Cafés\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sanctuaries of the Modern Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to K-Pop History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEULBIN HAN is a journalist, editor, and translator for the US-based K-Pop media outlet allkpop by 6Theory Media. \u003ci\u003eBrother Is a Street Musician\u003c\/i\u003e is her first full-length translation. She is based in Durham, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePIL HO KIM is an associate professor of Korean at The Ohio State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePolarizing Dreams: Gangnam and Popular Culture in Globalizing Korea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53878599024947,"sku":"9781978844964","price":60.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/t_UyyjkmCi9781978844964.webp?v=1787199798","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/brother-is-a-street-musician-viewing-the-landscape-of-modernity-through-korean-popular-music-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}