Culture and Customs of Korea (Culture and Customs of Asia)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: August 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780313304569
Subjects: Cultural studies; European studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - Korea; Customs & Traditions; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Civilization; Korea; Social life and customs
Description: "Culture and Customs of Korea is an introduction to the Korean people and their religion, arts and literature, daily life, and customs. It presents the most important experiences that have shaped life in both North and South Korea today. These include the migration of the people from farms in the countryside to crowded city apartments, the effects of rapid industrialization, and the continuing trauma of the country's division.

Accessible and highly authoritative, Culture and Customs of Korea will be the ultimate source for students and other interested readers wishing to learn about an important Asian society and the homeland of the many Korean Americans."--BOOK JACKET.