An Affair with Korea
Memories of South Korea in the 1960s
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Korea, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| 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.
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.
