An affair with Korea / Vincent S.R. Brandt.

ISBN:

9780295804767

Title:

Author:

Brandt, Vincent S. R.

Personal Author:

Brandt, Vincent S. R.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Series:

Center for Korea Studies Publication

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Preface ; List of Illustrations ; Prologue ; 1. Sŏkp'o 1965-1966; 2. Settling In ; 3. Patriotic Journey ; 4. Settling In II ; 5. Getting Involved ; 6. Getting There ; 7. Fathers and Sons ; 8. Spirits: Familiar, Benign, and Malevolent ; 9. Fishing I ; 10. The Anthropologist at Work and Play ; 11. Contraband ; 12. Fishing II ; 13. Go Peacefully; Stay Peacefully ; 14. Re-encounter.

Local Note:

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Personal Subject:

Brandt, Vincent S. R.

Subject Term:

Villages -- Korea (South) -- Case studies.

Fishing villages -- Yellow Sea Coast (Korea)

Fishers -- Yellow Sea Coast (Korea)

Maritime anthropology -- Yellow Sea Coast (Korea)

Americans -- Korea (South) -- Korea (South) -- Biography.

Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.

Geographic Term:

Yellow Sea Coast (Korea) -- Description and travel.

Ch'ungch'ŏng-namdo (Korea) -- Rural conditions -- 20th century.

Ch'ungch'ŏng-namdo (Korea) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2013

Publication Information:

Seattle, Washington :

Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington,

2013.

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Summary

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.

Author Notes

Vincent S. R. Brandt lives in rural Vermont.