‘음악적 남–남성’의 계보학: 1930년대 경성의 라틴 리듬과 21세기 라틴아메리카의 K-pop 수용 = Latin Rhythms in 1930s Colonial Seoul and Musical South–Southness

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examines the reception of Latin rhythms in 1930s colonial Seoul and compares it with the contemporary reception of K-pop in Latin America, proposing a conceptual framework of “musical South–Southness.” An analysis of newspapers, magazines, and serialized fiction reveals that genres such as tango, rumba, and samba circulated not as representations of Latin American musical realities, but as abstract signifiers of “Southern exoticism,” functioning as sensory markers of modernity. These sounds reached Seoul through Japan’s mediated cultural infrastructure, resulting in the consumption of hybridized, decontextualized “translation-Latin.” For colonial youth, Latin rhythms offered an alternative, non-Western form of sophistication and modern desire. In the 21st century, the popularity of K-pop in Latin America demonstrates a parallel dynamic: Korean pop is consumed less for its cultural specificity and more as an emblem of non-Western modernity. Collaborations between K-pop and Latin pop further illustrate a circular movement in which reinterpreted Latin rhythmic sensibilities embedded in K-pop return to Latin America. By tracing this aesthetic and affective cycle, the paper proposes “musical South–Southness” as an analytical lens for understanding how non-Western regions imagine, interpret, and resonate with one another across shifting historical conditions.