Affair With Korea - Memories of South Korea in the 1960s

Informationen zum Autor Vincent S. R. Brandt lives in rural Vermont. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In 1966 the author lived in Sokp'o! a poor and isolated South Korean fishing village on the coast of the Yellow Sea! carrying out social anthropological research. This title presents an account of his growing admiration for an ancient way of life that was doomed! and that most of the villagers themselves despised. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Upon the Handles of the Lock 2. The Song of Songs as Cultural Text: From the European Enlightenment to Israeli Biblicism 3. Rechnitz's Botany of Love: The Song of Seaweed 4. The Biblical Ethnographies of "Edo and Enam" and the Quest for the Ultimate Song Epilogue Forevermore Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vincent S R Brandt, Vincent S. R. Brandt
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2014
• EAN: 9780295993416
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99341-6
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Center for Korea Studies Publi; Center for Korea Studies Publications; Center for Korea Studies Publi; Center for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsCenter for Korea Studies PublicationsAn Affair with
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia