Brief encounters : early reports of Korea by westerners / compiled and edited by Brother Anthony of Taizé and Robert Neff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anthony, of Taizé, Brother, 1942-

Contributor:

Neff, Robert D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Korea--Social life and customs--1392-1910.

Korea.

Manners and customs.

Korea--Emigration and immigration--History.

Korea--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Korea--Description and travel.

East and West.

Travel.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Irvine, CA : Seoul Selection, 2016.

Summary:

Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. This anthology is a compilation of Westerners' accounts of their visits to Korea, originally published in books or newspapers before the country opened its doors in the late nineteenth century. The opening of Korea made it possible to explore the country in detail and write detailed accounts. Prior impressions were garnered mostly from brief visits to remote islands along the coast. The accounts published here are mainly anecdotal, and contain many generalizations. However, the accumulated impressions of these early encounters surely influenced the perspectives of later travelers, and help explain the overwhelmingly negative image of Korea that Western governments harbored at the time.The book can serve as a useful resource for studying Korea's early interactions with the outside world, and will give readers an idea of the criteria by which Westerners judged the foreign other.

Contents:

Pictorial records of Korea from the 16th to 19th century

Editors' preface

Europe's knowledge of Korea : the first steps

From the late 18th century into the 19th century

The opening of Korea.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1624120784

9781624120787

OCLC:

964303750