K-Pop and Contemporary Culture in The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams

About this episode

Christine Ma-Kellams discusses her novel The Band and its commentary on K-Pop and contemporary culture.

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Christine Ma-Kellams, author of The Band listed in the Music category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZopqRgR9xG4 Inspiration for The Band and its relationship to pop music, K-Pop, and popular culture.Motivation for writing The Band as a commentary on what may be happening behind the scenes of a successful K-Pop boy band.The novel as a scatching indictment of fandom and how the industry often turns a blind eye t...

People in this episode

Host: Carol M. Cram

Guest: Christine Ma-Kellams

Topics covered

• K-Pop
• contemporary culture
• fandom
• pop music
• literature
• commentary

Keywords

• K-Pop
• The Band
• Christine Ma-Kellams
• fandom
• pop music
• contemporary culture
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Art In Fiction, YouTube

Books & works: The Band

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