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An affair with Korea : memories of South Korea in the 1960s / Vincent S.R. Brandt.
Van Pelt Library HN730.5.A8 B725 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brandt, Vincent S. R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brandt, Vincent S. R.
- Villages--Korea (South)--Case studies.
- Villages.
- Fishing villages--Yellow Sea Coast (Korea).
- Fishing villages.
- Fishers--Yellow Sea Coast (Korea).
- Fishers.
- Maritime anthropology--Yellow Sea Coast (Korea).
- Maritime anthropology.
- Americans.
- Yellow Sea Coast (Korea)--Description and travel.
- Yellow Sea Coast (Korea).
- Ch'ungch'ŏng-namdo (Korea)--Rural conditions--20th century.
- Ch'ungch'ŏng-namdo (Korea).
- Ch'ungch'ŏng-namdo (Korea)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Americans--Korea (South)--Biography.
- Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- United States.
- Korea (South).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "In 1966 Vincent S. R. Brandt lived in Sokp'o, a poor and isolated South Korean fishing village on the coast of the Yellow Sea, carrying out social anthropological research. At that time, the only way to reach Sokp'o, other than by boat, was a two hour walk along foot paths. This memoir of his experiences in a village with no electricity, running water, or telephone shows Brandt's attempts to adapt to a traditional, preindustrial existence in a small, almost completely self-sufficient community. This vivid account of his growing admiration for an ancient way of life that was doomed, and that most of the villagers themselves despised, illuminates a social world that has almost completely disappeared. Vincent S. R. Brandt lives in rural Vermont"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Sokp'o 1965-1966 9
- 2 Settling In 24
- 3 Patriotic Journey 43
- 4 Settling In II 62
- 5 Getting Involved 74
- 6 Getting There 87
- 7 Fathers and Sons 103
- 8 Spirits: Familiar, Benign, and Malevolent 122
- 9 Fishing I 141.
- Notes:
- Center for Korean Studies publication
- ISBN:
- 9780295993416
- 0295993413
- OCLC:
- 861754940
- Online:
- Cover image
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