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Book SynopsisIn 1966 the author lived in Sokp'o, a poor and isolated South Korean fishing village on the coast of the Yellow Sea, carrying out social anthropological research. This title presents an account of his growing admiration for an ancient way of life that was doomed, and that most of the villagers themselves despised.
Trade Review"I can recommend this highly readable memoir without hesitation to anyone who would like to become immersed in the daily life of a pre-modern far-eastern society at a time when it was still largely pursuing its slow-paced ancient ways of life--and being able to do so through the eyes of a most engaging, perceptive and sympathetic witness."
-- Arthur H. Westing * Brattleboro Reviews *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. Introduction: Upon the Handles of the Lock
2. The Song of Songs as Cultural Text: From the European Enlightenment to Israeli Biblicism
3. Rechnitz’s Botany of Love: The Song of Seaweed
4. The Biblical Ethnographies of “Edo and Enam” and the Quest for the Ultimate Song
Epilogue
Forevermore
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
