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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DS 916.27 .T84 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5088923 |
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DS 902 .H2864 1979 A handbook of Korea / | DS 910 .K658 2011 Korea focus : Vol.19, No.2, Summer 2011/ | DS 913.2 .Y36 2000 Click into the Hermit Kingdom : virtual adventure into the Choson dynasty / | DS 916.27 .T84 2012 Korea : the impossible country / | DS 917 .K5532 1997 Divided Korea : the politics of development, 1945-1972 / | DS 917.444 .J37 1999 Japan and Korean unification / | DS 918 .A555 2004 Rethinking the Korean War : a new diplomatic and strategic history / |
Includes index.
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?
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