An Affair with Korea: Memories of South Korea in the 1960s

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AN AFFAIR WITH KOREA: MEMORIES OF SOUTH KOREA IN THE 1960s VINCENT S. R. BRANDT Center for Korea Studies Publications The Northern Region of Korea: History, Identity, and Culture Edited by Sun Joo Kim Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961–1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy, and Cultural Influence Edited by Hyung-A Kim and Clark W. Sorensen Colonial Rule and Social Change in Korea, 1910–1945 Edited by Hong Yung Lee, Yong Chool Ha, and Clark W. Sorensen An Affair with Korea: Memories of South Korea in the 1960s By Vincent S. R. Brandt This work was supported by the Academy of Korean Studies (KSPS) Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOE) (AKS–2011–BAA–2101). 이 저서는 2011년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 국학중앙연구원(한국학진흥사업단) 의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임 (AKS-2011-BAA-2101). The Center for Korea Studies Publication Series is dedicated to providing excellent academic resources and conference volumes related to the history, culture, and politics of the Korean peninsula. Clark W. Sorensen | Director & General Editor | Center for Korea Studies a center for korea studies publication university of washington press | seattle & london An Affair with Korea: Memories of South Korea in the 1960s V I N C E N T S . R . B R A N D T An Affair with Korea: Memories of South Korea in the 1960s By Vincent S. R. Brandt Photographs by Vincent S. R. Brandt© 2014 by the Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington Printed in the United States of America 18 17 16 15 14 1 2 3 4 5 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission from the publisher. Center for Korea Studies Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington Box 353650, Seattle, WA 98195-3650 http://jsis.washington.edu/Korea University of Washington Press P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98195 U.S.A. www.washington.edu/uwpress library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Brandt, Vincent S. R. An affair with Korea / Vincent S.R. Brandt. — First edition. pages cm Summary: “In 1966 Vincent S. R. Brandt 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. Vincent S. R. Brandt lives in rural Vermont”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-295-99341-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Brandt, Vincent S. R. 2. Villages—Korea (South)—Case studies. 3. Fishing villages—Yellow Sea Coast (Korea) 4. Fishers—Yellow Sea Coast (Korea) 5. Maritime anthropology—Yellow Sea Coast (Korea) 6. Yellow Sea Coast (Korea)—Description and travel. 7. Ch'ungch’ong-namdo (Korea)—Rural conditions—20th century. 8. Ch'ungch’ong-namdo (Korea)—Social life and customs—20th century. 9. Americans—Korea (South)—Korea (South)—Biography. 10. Anthropologists—United States—Biography. I. Title. HN730.5.A8B725 2013 306.09519—dc23 2013032302 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39, 48-1984. For Hi Kyung, my “North Korean refugee” ...