Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the - United State

"Among the scholars who have built the field of Korean studies are former Peace Corps volunteers who served in South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s before pursuing advanced degrees in anthropology, history, and literature. These scholars, who formed the core of the second generation of Korean Studies scholars in the US, reflect in this volume on their personal experience of serving during Korea's period of military dictatorship, on issues of gender and the Peace Corps experience, and on how random assignment to Korea sparked fascination and led to lifelong professional involvement with the country. Two chapters by Korean studies scholars who were not Peace Corps volunteers (one American and one Korean) assess how Peace Corps volunteers have influenced development of the field"--

About the author

Seung-kyung Kim is Korea Foundation Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and director of the Institute for Korean Studies at Indiana University. Michael Robinson taught at the University of Southern California and Indiana University. The other contributors are Don Baker, Edward J. Baker, Donald N. Clark, Carter J. Eckert, Bruce Fulton, Laurel Kendall, Linda Lewis, Edward J. Shultz, Okpyo Moon, Clark W. Sorensen, and Kathleen Stephens.

Product details

• Authors: Seung-Kyung Robinson Kim
• Assisted by: Seung-kyung Kim (Editor), Michael Robinson (Editor), Clark W Sorensen (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780295748139
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74813-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Center for Korea Studies Publications; Center for Korea Studies Publi; Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States; Center for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsPeace Corps Vol
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries