Bibliograph

Korea, the impossible country, Daniel Tudor

Type

Label

Korea, the impossible country, Daniel Tudor

Language

eng

Illustrations

photographsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Korea

Responsibility statement

Daniel Tudor

Sub title

the impossible country

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- A brief history of Korea -- Part I: Foundation. Shamanism and the spirit world -- Buddhism -- Confucianism -- Christianity -- Capitalism with a Korean face -- Democracy: beyond Asian values -- Part II: Cultural codes. Jeong-the "invisible hug" -- Competition -- Chemyon, or face -- Han and Heung -- From clan to nuclear family -- Neophilia -- Part III: Hyun-shil: cold reality. North Korea: friend, for, or foreigner? -- Politics and the media -- Onward, industrial soldiers -- "More important than the business itself" -- itroducing Mr. and Mrs. Perfect -- English mania -- Part IV: In the hours not spent working. Living space: from hanok to apartment houses and back again -- Four seasons at the dinner table -- Cinema: boom, bust, and brilliance -- More than K-pop -- Work all day, stay out all night -- Part V: More of "us", less of "them". Defensive nationalism -- Multicultural Korea? -- "It's our turn" -- "We are not alies, from another cosmos" -- A woman's place is in the office -- Epilogue: where is the champagne?

Target audience

adult

Classification