Soju : a global history /
Soju, the "national" distilled alcoholic drink of Korea, has now become one of the world's most popular drinks, most recently thanks to the recent pop-cultural phenomenon of Korean Wave (Hallyu), represented by the growing popularity of K-Pop, Korean dramas and Korean foods in today&#...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2021].
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| Series: | Asian connections (Series)
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| Summary: | Soju, the "national" distilled alcoholic drink of Korea, has now become one of the world's most popular drinks, most recently thanks to the recent pop-cultural phenomenon of Korean Wave (Hallyu), represented by the growing popularity of K-Pop, Korean dramas and Korean foods in today's globalizing world. Clear and colorless with a taste similar to vodka, soju is a kind of spirit, or distilled liquor, which obtains a high percentage of alcohol content by means of a distillation technology that separates alcohol from the water and other compounds of fermented material. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108842013 1108842011 9781108816113 1108816118 1108895778 9781108895774 |