An Affair with Korea

Memories of South Korea in the 1960s

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Korea, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Vincent S. R. Brandt ISBN: 9780295804767
Publisher: University of Washington Press Publication: January 12, 2014
Imprint: University of Washington Press Language: English
Author: Vincent S. R. Brandt
ISBN: 9780295804767
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication: January 12, 2014
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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