Talking Hallyu and Hybrid Culture with Dr. Crystal S. Anderson

Dr. Crystal S. Anderson

Dr. Crystal S. Anderson is an Associate Professor of English and an Academic Diversity Fellow at Elon University who specializes in the study of Afro-Asian cultural production. Her current research finds her exploring Hallyu culture which encompasses the global explosion of Korean popular cultural forms including film, television and music. Dr. Anderson's work on Hallyu speaks directly to issues of cross-cultural pollination, hybridity, race, multi-raciality and globalization. 

You can find her on her personal blog High Yellow and her Hallyu research blog Kpop Kollective. She's also one of the editors of Hello Kpop, another great resource for those interested in learning more about Hallyu.

Listen to our interview in the player below or download it here. 

"Grandfather" of Kpop Seo Taiji

Hallyu Links

F(x) Kpop Girl Group

Music: Super Junior, 2NE1, Shinwa, and F(x)

Television: Check out Dramafever where you can find the Kdramas we discussed like Boys Over Flowers, My Lovely Sam-Soon and City Hunter. 

Film: Memories of Murder, and Park Chan-Wook's Park JSA (Joint Security Area) and his Vengeance Trilogy 

General Hallyu: House of Hallyu 

Kdrama "crack" My Lovely Sam-Soon

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