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An affair with Korea : memories of South Korea in the 1960s / Vincent S. R. Brandt ; photographs by Vincent S. R. Brandt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brandt, Vincent S. R.
- Series:
- Center for Korea Studies Publication
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 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.
- Brandt, Vincent S. R.
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, Washington : Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue
- 1. Sŏkp'o 1965-1966
- 2. Settling In
- 3. Patriotic Journey
- 4. Settling In II
- 5. Getting Involved
- 6. Getting There
- 7. Fathers and Sons
- 8. Spirits: Familiar, Benign, and Malevolent
- 9. Fishing I
- 10. The Anthropologist at Work and Play
- 11. Contraband
- 12. Fishing II
- 13. Go Peacefully
- Stay Peacefully
- 14. Re-encounter.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295804767
- 0295804769
- OCLC:
- 868068226
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