‘Are You Koreans?’ — ‘No, We Are Kalmyks!’: The Development of K-Pop Cover Dance among Kalmykia’s Youth Revisited
https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2021-54-2-337-346
Abstract
Introduction. The article deals with the k-pop cover dance direction as one of the
movements globalizing the youth environment. Nowadays, the K-pop youth subculture has reached
a significant number of teenage schoolchildren with its popularity. Currently, belonging to the K-pop
subculture and its dance practices are becoming integral to creating new global identities for young
people. Goals. The study aims to examine the richness of K-pop components through dance culture,
especially popular among school-age teenagers. Materials. The work primarily analyzes the author’s
field materials with the aid of the structural/functional method, that of included observation, as well
as interviews (narrative, semi-structured) with respondents. Results and Conclusions. The paper
concludes that Kalmyk K-pop fans form a bi-ethnic identity in which a combination of features of
both — their own and other ethnic cultures — is equally manifested. At the same time, K-pop cover
dance proves the most accessible way to get socialized and develop imagination (i.e., a leisure-time
activity) in present-day youth culture.
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government grant in the form of federal budget subsidy aimed to support scientific research directed by the Leading Scientist — project name ‘From Paleogenetics to Cultural Anthropology: Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Research of Peoples and Traditions of Cross-Border Regions — Migrations, Cross-Cultural Interactions and Worldviews’ (no. 075-15-2019-1879).
About the Author
Altana Lidzhieva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Postgraduate Student, Junior Research Associate
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Lidzhieva A. ‘Are You Koreans?’ — ‘No, We Are Kalmyks!’: The Development of K-Pop Cover Dance among Kalmykia’s Youth Revisited. Oriental Studies. 2021;14(2):337-346. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2021-54-2-337-346
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