Korean Newtro: Where Youth Meets Tradition
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A Vibrant Journey Where Centuries-old Traditions Meet the Creativity of Today’s Youth
Twenty-first century South Korea is a land of trends, but in recent years, one phenomenon in Korean popular culture has shown unusual staying power: newtro, which draws from the traditions and fashions of bygone eras and combines them in fresh and unexpected ways. Korean Newtro: Where Youth Meets Tradition explores the new contexts in which the technologies, aesthetics, sounds, and flavors of Korea’s past are being enjoyed once again—by not just Koreans who remember them from the first time around, but also young members of the country’s “MZ generation” as well as the increasingly many foreigners eager to experience Korean culture more deeply than they’ve done before.
Twenty-first century South Korea is a land of trends, but in recent years, one phenomenon in Korean popular culture has shown unusual staying power: newtro, which draws from the traditions and fashions of bygone eras and combines them in fresh and unexpected ways. Korean Newtro: Where Youth Meets Tradition explores the new contexts in which the technologies, aesthetics, sounds, and flavors of Korea’s past are being enjoyed once again—by not just Koreans who remember them from the first time around, but also young members of the country’s “MZ generation” as well as the increasingly many foreigners eager to experience Korean culture more deeply than they’ve done before.
Author(s)
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall is an essayist and broadcaster on cities, language, and culture who has lived in Seoul for the past decade. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, and the New York Times. He’s also a columnist for the Korean newspaper the Dong-a Ilbo and the author of the Korean-language essay collection 한국 요약 금지 (No Summarizing Korea).
Yoon Kwangjun
Yoon Kwangjun is a writer, photographer, and a multifaceted art enthusiast who transcends boundaries between fine art, music, architecture, and design. He has published numerous books, including bestsellers A Well-Taken Photo, Yoon Kwangjun’s Luxury Goods 101, Aesthetic Class, and The Ecstatic of the Garden.
160 pp.
LC# 2025947393Softcover 14.8 x 21 cmISBN-13: 9781565915336ISBN-10: 156591533X
LC# 2025947393Softcover 14.8 x 21 cmISBN-13: 9781565915336ISBN-10: 156591533X