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100 1 _aTudor, Daniel,
_d1982-
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245 1 0 _aKorea :
_bthe impossible country /
_cDaniel Tudor.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aaRutland, Vt. :
_bTuttle Pub.,
_cc2012.
300 _a320 p. :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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?
651 0 _aKorea (South)
_xCivilization
_y20th century.
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651 0 _aKorea (South)
_xCivilization
_y21st century.
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