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Summary:

Daniel Tudor is a journalist who has lived in and written about Korea for almost a decade. Tudor examines Korea's cultural foundations; the Korean character; the public sphere in politics, business, and the workplace as well as the family, dating, and marriage. In doing so, he touches on topics as diverse as shamanism, clan-ism, the dilemma posed by North Korea, the myths about doing business in Korea, the Koreans' renowned hard-partying ethos, and why the infatuation with learning English is now causing huge social problems.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I FOUNDATIONS
• ch. 1 Shamanism and the Spirit World
• ch. 2 Buddhism
• ch. 3 Confucianism
• ch. 4 Christianity
• ch. 5 Capitalism with a Korean Face
• ch. 6 Democracy: Beyond Asian Values
• pt. II CULTURAL CODES
• ch. 7 Jeong
• -The "Invisible Hug"
• ch. 8 Competition
• ch. 9 Chemyon, or Face
• ch. 10 Han and Heung
• ch. 11 From Clan to Nuclear Family
• ch. 12 Neophilia
• pt. III HYUN-SHIL: COLD REALITY
• ch. 13 North Korea: Friend, Foe, or Foreigner?
• ch. 14 Politics and the Media
• ch. 15 Onward, Industrial Soldiers
• ch. 16 "More Important than the Business Itself"

• ch. 17 Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Perfect
• ch. 18 English Mania
• pt. IV IN THE HOURS NOT SPENT WORKING
• ch. 19 Living Space: From Hanok to Apartment Houses and Back Again
• ch. 20 Four Seasons at the Dinner Table
• ch. 21 Cinema: Boom, Bust, and Brilliance
• ch. 22 More Than K-Pop
• ch. 23 Work All Day, Stay Out All Night
• pt. V MORE OF "US," LESS OF "THEM"
• ch. 24 Defensive Nationalism
• ch. 25 Multicultural Korea?
• ch. 26 "It's Our Turn"
• ch. 27 "We Are Not Aliens, From Another Cosmos"
• ch. 28 Woman's Place Is in the Office.

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Author/Creator:

Tudor, Daniel, 1982-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Korea: the impossible country [by Tudor, D.]

Subjects:

Korea (South) — Civilization — 20th century

Korea (South) — Civilization — 21st century

General Notes:

Includes index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DS916.27 .T84 2012eb

ISBNs:

9781462910229 (electronic bk.)
146291022X (electronic bk.)
9780804842525 (hardcover) [Invalid]
0804842523 (hardcover) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

818814904

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1028237 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp9900832