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Soju : a global history / Hyunhee Park, City University of New York.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian connectionsPublisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2021Description: 281 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781108842013
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 663.5 P2351s
Summary: "Soju, the "national"1 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.2 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Window on Korea Non-fiction 663.5 P2351s (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2021 01 Available WOK000573
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Soju, the "national"1 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.2 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"-- Provided by publisher.