Joanne Miyang Cho is a professor of history at William Paterson University. She has edited/coedited Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea, Germany and China, Germany and Japan, Germany and Korea, Germany and East Asia, Gendered Encounters, Musical Entanglements, and East Asian-German Cinema.Lee M. Roberts is a professor of German at Purdue University Fort Wayne. His recent publications include the coedited volume Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea (2024) and chapters in The History of the Shanghai Jews: New Pathways in Research (2022) and German East Asian Encounters and Entanglements (2021).

• Introduction: K-Culture in the Global Age and Organization Part 1: K-POP in the Global Age 1. Shaping K-pop in the Asian Market: From Seo Taiji and Boys to BoA 2. The Transcultural Fairy Tale in K-Pop: BTS's Mastery of Storytelling and ARMY's Magical Assistance 3. "K-pop Trash, But Not Koreaboo": Discursive Construction of K-Pop Fans on YouTube 4. The Meaning-Making of the Korean Wave for Asian American College Students Part 2: K-Drama in the Global Age 5. Empathy and Community in Misaeng and My Mister 6. Varieties of Virtuous Vengeance: Revenge and Correction in K-Drama 7. The Diverse Experiences of Second-generation Korean Americans: A Sociological Reading of the Netflix Show Beef Part 3: K-Film in the Global Age 8. Korean Glocalization of the Zombie Apocalypse: The Yeon Sang-Ho Trilogy and Netflix Dramas 9. Non-Human Judgment: Lee Soo-yeon's Surveillant Cinema 10. Seoul in India: The Bollywoodization of Youn Je-kyun’s Ode to My Father Part 4: Korean Literature in the Global Age 11. Trauma in Korean Literature 12. Themes of National Division and Reunification: A Common Thread in the Lives and Literature of Hwang Sok-yong and Günter Grass 13. Global Subjectivities and Languages in Contemporary South Korean: Transnational Migrant Labor Literature

Joanne Miyang Cho is a professor of history at William Paterson University. She has edited/coedited Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea, Germany and China, Germany and Japan, Germany and Korea, Germany and East Asia, Gendered Encounters, Musical Entanglements, and East Asian-German Cinema.Lee M. Roberts is a professor of German at Purdue University Fort Wayne. His recent publications include the coedited volume Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea (2024) and chapters in The History of the Shanghai Jews: New Pathways in Research (2022) and German East Asian Encounters and Entanglements (2021).

• Introduction: K-Culture in the Global Age and Organization Part 1: K-POP in the Global Age 1. Shaping K-pop in the Asian Market: From Seo Taiji and Boys to BoA 2. The Transcultural Fairy Tale in K-Pop: BTS's Mastery of Storytelling and ARMY's Magical Assistance 3. "K-pop Trash, But Not Koreaboo": Discursive Construction of K-Pop Fans on YouTube 4. The Meaning-Making of the Korean Wave for Asian American College Students Part 2: K-Drama in the Global Age 5. Empathy and Community in Misaeng and My Mister 6. Varieties of Virtuous Vengeance: Revenge and Correction in K-Drama 7. The Diverse Experiences of Second-generation Korean Americans: A Sociological Reading of the Netflix Show Beef Part 3: K-Film in the Global Age 8. Korean Glocalization of the Zombie Apocalypse: The Yeon Sang-Ho Trilogy and Netflix Dramas 9. Non-Human Judgment: Lee Soo-yeon's Surveillant Cinema 10. Seoul in India: The Bollywoodization of Youn Je-kyun’s Ode to My Father Part 4: Korean Literature in the Global Age 11. Trauma in Korean Literature 12. Themes of National Division and Reunification: A Common Thread in the Lives and Literature of Hwang Sok-yong and Günter Grass 13. Global Subjectivities and Languages in Contemporary South Korean: Transnational Migrant Labor Literature

Joanne Miyang Cho is a professor of history at William Paterson University. She has edited/coedited Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea, Germany and China, Germany and Japan, Germany and Korea, Germany and East Asia, Gendered Encounters, Musical Entanglements, and East Asian-German Cinema.Lee M. Roberts is a professor of German at Purdue University Fort Wayne. His recent publications include the coedited volume Transnationalism and Migration in Global Korea (2024) and chapters in The History of the Shanghai Jews: New Pathways in Research (2022) and German East Asian Encounters and Entanglements (2021).

• Introduction: K-Culture in the Global Age and Organization Part 1: K-POP in the Global Age 1. Shaping K-pop in the Asian Market: From Seo Taiji and Boys to BoA 2. The Transcultural Fairy Tale in K-Pop: BTS's Mastery of Storytelling and ARMY's Magical Assistance 3. "K-pop Trash, But Not Koreaboo": Discursive Construction of K-Pop Fans on YouTube 4. The Meaning-Making of the Korean Wave for Asian American College Students Part 2: K-Drama in the Global Age 5. Empathy and Community in Misaeng and My Mister 6. Varieties of Virtuous Vengeance: Revenge and Correction in K-Drama 7. The Diverse Experiences of Second-generation Korean Americans: A Sociological Reading of the Netflix Show Beef Part 3: K-Film in the Global Age 8. Korean Glocalization of the Zombie Apocalypse: The Yeon Sang-Ho Trilogy and Netflix Dramas 9. Non-Human Judgment: Lee Soo-yeon's Surveillant Cinema 10. Seoul in India: The Bollywoodization of Youn Je-kyun’s Ode to My Father Part 4: Korean Literature in the Global Age 11. Trauma in Korean Literature 12. Themes of National Division and Reunification: A Common Thread in the Lives and Literature of Hwang Sok-yong and Günter Grass 13. Global Subjectivities and Languages in Contemporary South Korean: Transnational Migrant Labor Literature