| An Affair with Korea: Memories of South Korea in the 1960s Contributor(s): Brandt, Vincent S. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0295806613 ISBN-13: 9780295806617 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - History | Asia - Korea - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Center for Korea Studies Publications |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - East Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1966 Vincent S. R. Brant 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. |