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Beyond Squid Game

Korean Media and the Netflix Paradigm

by Benjamin M. Han ...

Examining Netflix’s global influence through its complex global-local dynamics in Korean media.Korea is a global entertainment powerhouse, thanks in no small part to Netflix. Analyzing the artistry and industry behind Netflix-produced Korean hits like Squid Game, The Glory, and Narco-Saints, Benjamin Han argues that Korea is ground zero for an emerging “Netflix Paradigm.” The US-based streaming ... Read more

$40.49 USD

Examining Netflix’s global influence through its complex global-local dynamics in Korean media.Korea is a global entertainment powerhouse, thanks in no small part to Netflix. Analyzing the artistry and industry behind Netflix-produced Korean hits like Squid Game, The Glory, and Narco-Saints, Benjamin Han argues that Korea is ground zero for an emerging “Netflix Paradigm.” The US-based streaming
... Read more
Reckoning with the World

South Korean Television and the Latin American Imaginary

by Benjamin M. Han ...

For many Koreans, Latin America is foreign and unfamiliar, but popular television shows have generated considerable interest in this region of the Global South. In Reckoning with the World, Benjamin Han explores this phenomenon by providing a close reading of Korean TV programs that take place, are shot in, or depict Latin America. These dramas, reality shows, and travel documentaries present ... Read more

$21.59 USD

For many Koreans, Latin America is foreign and unfamiliar, but popular television shows have generated considerable interest in this region of the Global South. In Reckoning with the World, Benjamin Han explores this phenomenon by providing a close reading of Korean TV programs that take place, are shot in, or depict Latin America. These dramas, reality shows, and travel documentaries present
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Current crop models

State-of-the-art and future developments

by Professor Gerrit Hoogenboom, Emeritus Professor Ken Boote, Dr Cheryl H. Porter, Dr Willingthon Pavan, Dr Vakhtang Shelia, Dr Upendra Singh, Dr Jeffrey W. White, Dr Senthold Asseng, Dr Jon I. Lizaso, Dr L. Patricia Moreno0, Dr Santiago Cuadra1, Dr Bruce Kimball2, Dr Alwin Hopf3, Dr Fabio A. A. Oliveira4, Dr Thiago B. Ferreira5, Dr Henrique Boriolo Dias6, Dr Philip Alderman7, Dr William D. Batchelor8, Dr Diego Pequeno9, Dr Kelly R. Thorp0, Dr James W. Jones1, Dr Richard Ogoshi2, Dr L. Anthony Hunt3, Dr Gordon Y. Tsuji4, Dr David Fleisher5, Dr D.J. Timlin6, Dr S. Li7, Dr J. Barnaby8, Dr S. Yesilkoy9, Dr E. Han0, Dr V.R. Reddy1, Dr Z. Wang2, Dr S. Beegum3, Dr A. Mitra4, Dr W. Sun5, Professor Armen Kemanian6, Dr Yuning Shi7, Dr Charlie M. White8, Dr Felipe Montes9, Dr Rachel K. N. Rozum0, Dr Amanda R. Burton1, Dr Ele Saltmarsh2, Dr Claudio O. Stockle3, Professor Tom Sinclair4, Dr Afshin Soltani5, Professor Bruno Basso6, Dr T. Tadiello7, Dr P . Sharma8, Dr L. Price9, Dr J.T. Ritchie0, Dr Bill Salas1, Dr Kyle W. Proctor2, Dr Nilovna Chatterjee3, Dr Curtis Jones4, Dr Colin Hill5, Dr Gayathri Gopalakrishnan6, Dr Jim Kiniry7, Dr Liwang Ma8, Dr Huihui Zhang9, Dr Jon D. Hanson0, Dr Zhiming Qi1, Professor Benjamin Dumont2, Dr Mathieu Delandmeter3, Dr Marie-Odile Bancal4, Dr Nicolas Beaudoin5, Dr Joël Léonard6, Dr Samuel Buis7, Dr Julie Caubel8, Dr Hugues Clivot9, Dr Julie Constantin0, Dr Antoine Couëdel1, Dr Mathilde de Freitas2, Dr Audrey Deheinzelin3, Dr Gatien N. Falconnier4, Dr Fabien Ferchaud5, Dr Iñaki García de Cortázar-Atauri6, Dr Marie Launay7, Dr Patrice Lecharpentier8, Dr Dominique Ripoche9, Dr Anne-Isabelle Graux0, Dr Guillaume Jego1, Dr Arthur Lenoir2, Dr Gaetan Louarn3, Dr Alain Mollier4, Dr Céline Schoving5, Dr Mounir Seghouani6, Dr Loïc Strullu7, Dr Remi Vezy8, Dr Tiphaine Vidal9, Dr Eric Justes0, Dr Jean-Louis Durand1, Dr Myriam Adam2, Dr Gregory Beurier3, Dr Lauriane Rouan4, Dr Michael Dingkuhn5, Dr Florian Larue6, Dr Bertrand Muller7, Dr Xinyou Yin8, Dr A.J.W. de Wit9, Dr Hendrik Boogaard00, Dr Herman Berghuijs01, Dr Martin K. van Ittersum02, Dr Tom Schut03, Dr H.N.C. Berghuijs04, Dr M.K van Ittersum05, Dr Iwan Supit06, Dr P . Groenendijk07, Dr J. van Dam08, Dr M. Mulder09, Dr M. Heinen10, Professor Frank Ewert11, Dr M. Vianna12, Dr A. Enders13, Dr T. Gaiser14, Dr G. Krauss15, Dr T. H. Nguyen16, Dr S. J. Seidel17, Dr E. E. Rezaei18, Dr H. Webber19, Dr A. Tewes20, Dr A. K. Srivastava21, Professor Claas Nendel22, Dr Michael Berg-Mohnicke23, Dr Rachel Escueta24, Dr Gohar Ghazaryan25, Dr Leonardo Inforsato26, Dr Bahareh Kamali27, Dr Marlene Palka28, Dr Ahsan Raza29, Dr Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei30, Dr Xenia Specka31, Dr Jing Yu32, Emeritus Professor Dirk Raes33, Dr Elias Fereres34, Dr Theodore C. Hsiao35, Dr Pasquale Steduto36, Dr Gabriëlle De Lannoy37, Dr Eline Vanuytrecht38, Dr Lee Heng39, Dr Margarita Garcia Vila40, Dr Joost Wellens41, Dr Patricia Mejias Moreno42, Dr Maher Salman43, Dr Kiril Manevski44, Dr Shaohui Zhang45, Dr Yanmin Yang46, Dr Yonghui Yang47, Dr Mohamed Jabloun48, Professor Soora Naresh Kumar49, Dr Bidisha Chakraborty50, Dr Arti Bhatia51, Dr Shweta Panjwani52, Dr DN Swaroopa Rani53, Dr Vikas Kumar54, Dr P .K. Aggarwal55, Dr H. Pathak56, Dr Subhash Chander57, Dr N. Kalra58, Professor Yan Zhu59, Dr Leilei Liu60, Dr Bing Liu61, Dr Liang Tang62, Dr Liujun Xiao63 ...

Series Book 170 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways ... Read more

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Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways
... Read more
Beyond the Black and White TV

Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America

by Benjamin M. Han ...

This is the first book that examines how “ethnic spectacle” in the form of Asian and Latin American bodies played a significant role in the cultural Cold War at three historic junctures: the Korean War in 1950, the Cuban Revolution in 1959, and the statehood of Hawaii in 1959. As a means to strengthen U.S. internationalism and in an effort to combat the growing influence of communism, television ... Read more

$20.19 USD

This is the first book that examines how “ethnic spectacle” in the form of Asian and Latin American bodies played a significant role in the cultural Cold War at three historic junctures: the Korean War in 1950, the Cuban Revolution in 1959, and the statehood of Hawaii in 1959. As a means to strengthen U.S. internationalism and in an effort to combat the growing influence of communism, television
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Korean Diaspora across the World

Homeland in History, Memory, Imagination, Media, and Reality

by Eun-Jeong Han, Min Wha Han, Irina Balitskaya, Jae Hyung Park, Sara Docan-Morgan, Wonjung Min, Jinhye Lee, Soo-Hye Han, David C. Oh0, EunKyung Lee1, Sohyun Choi2, Benjamin M. Han3, JongHwa Lee5, Claire Shinhea Lee6, Dr. Jaehyeon Jeong7 ...

Series series Korean Communities across the World
This edited volume brings together a wide-ranging account of the Korean diaspora, focusing on how “homeland” is understood, invoked, and performed in everyday life and public culture.Spanning sites from Sakhalin and Japan to Chile, Kazakhstan, the United States, and Latin America, the contributors show how diasporic Koreans express belonging through family narratives, community life, and media, ... Read more

$38.09 USD

This edited volume brings together a wide-ranging account of the Korean diaspora, focusing on how “homeland” is understood, invoked, and performed in everyday life and public culture.Spanning sites from Sakhalin and Japan to Chile, Kazakhstan, the United States, and Latin America, the contributors show how diasporic Koreans express belonging through family narratives, community life, and media,
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Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture

by Hong Kong University Press ...

East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process ... Read more

$17.99 USD

East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process
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The MBR Book

Principles and Applications of Membrane Bioreactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment

by Simon Judd ...

The MBR Book covers all essential aspects of membrane bioreactors in water and wastewater treatment, including the working principles of MBR technologies. The book aims to separate science from engineering, in an attempt to avoid confusion and to help readers understand the ideas of MBR. The text is divided into five chapters; the membrane and biological aspects are discussed in chapter 2 along ... Read more

$186.29 USD

The MBR Book covers all essential aspects of membrane bioreactors in water and wastewater treatment, including the working principles of MBR technologies. The book aims to separate science from engineering, in an attempt to avoid confusion and to help readers understand the ideas of MBR. The text is divided into five chapters; the membrane and biological aspects are discussed in chapter 2 along
... Read more
Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption

by Hong Kong University Press ...

South Korean masculinities have enjoyed dramatically greater influence in recent years in many realms of pan-Asian popular culture, which travels freely in part because of its hybrid trans-nationalistic appeal. This book investigates transcultural consumption of three iconic figures — the middle-aged Japanese female fandom of actor Bae Yong-Joon, the Western online cult fandom of the thriller film ... Read more

$20.19 USD

South Korean masculinities have enjoyed dramatically greater influence in recent years in many realms of pan-Asian popular culture, which travels freely in part because of its hybrid trans-nationalistic appeal. This book investigates transcultural consumption of three iconic figures — the middle-aged Japanese female fandom of actor Bae Yong-Joon, the Western online cult fandom of the thriller film
... Read more
Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity

Edited by Jeannine Cavender-Bares, John A. Gamon, Philip A. Townsend ...

This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed ... Read more

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This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed
... Read more
Diasporic Hallyu

The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture

by Kyong Yoon ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular ... Read more

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This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular
... Read more
Sustainability in Structural Concrete Design

Edited by Jorge de Brito, Rui Vasco Silva ...

Series Book 20 - Structural Engineering Documents
Sustainability in construction is a priority for both academia and industry to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment and thus combat climate change. Numerous approaches have been developed on how to tackle this issue, wherein the implementation of eco-efﬁcient concrete is currently considered one of the most effective measures to be applied at the beginning of a building's life ... Read more

$71.99 USD

Sustainability in construction is a priority for both academia and industry to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment and thus combat climate change. Numerous approaches have been developed on how to tackle this issue, wherein the implementation of eco-efﬁcient concrete is currently considered one of the most effective measures to be applied at the beginning of a building's life
... Read more
The Korean Wave

Korean Media Go Global

Edited by Youna Kim ...

Series series Internationalizing Media Studies
Since the late 1990s South Korea has emerged as a new center for the production of transnational popular culture - the first instance of a major global circulation of Korean popular culture in history. Why popular (or not)? Why now? What does it mean socially, culturally and politically in a global context?This edited collection considers the Korean Wave in a global digital age and addresses the ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Since the late 1990s South Korea has emerged as a new center for the production of transnational popular culture - the first instance of a major global circulation of Korean popular culture in history. Why popular (or not)? Why now? What does it mean socially, culturally and politically in a global context?This edited collection considers the Korean Wave in a global digital age and addresses the
... Read more

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