My Korea. Kevin O'Rourke

      MY KOREA:

      FORTY YEARS WITHOUT A HORSEHAIR HAT

      My Korea: Forty Years Without a Horsehair Hat is a cultural introduction to Korea, part memoir, part miscellany, which introduces traditional and contemporary culture through a series of essays, stories, anecdotes and poems. The book seeks to tell the reader all that he or she needs to know for a full and rewarding life in Korea. Confucianism, Buddhism, relationships, everyday living, language and literature are comprehensively covered. Newcomers to Korea are provided with insights into daily life. They are told how to deal with people and the intricacies of honorific language, how to handle name cards and business dealings, how to be comfortable with social ranking, and how to react when they bump into the cultural wall. For long-term residents and the general reader the book provides an in-depth introduction to traditional and contemporary culture.

      COVER ILLUSTRATION:

      Horsehair hat (gat) and hat string (gatkkeun) worn by a Korean nobleman. Courtesy: Youlhwadang Publisher (2003) and Global Oriental (2005)

      RENAISSANCE BOOKS

      ISBN: 978-1-898823-09-4

      MY KOREA:

      FORTY YEARS WITHOUT A HORSEHAIR HAT

      Kevin O’Rourke

      My Korea:

      Forty Years Without a Horsehair Hat

       By

      KEVIN O’ROURKE

      MY KOREA: FORTY YEARS WITHOUT A HORSEHAIR HAT

      First published 2013 by

      RENNAISANCE BOOKS

      PO Box 219

      Folkestone

      Kent CT20 2WP

       Renaissance Books is an imprint of Global Books Ltd

      © Kevin O’Rourke 2013

      ISBN 978-1-898823-06-3

      eISBN 978-1-898823-34-6

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.

       British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

      A CIP catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library

      Set in Bembo 12 on 13pt by Dataworks, Chennai, India

      Printed in England by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wilts

       For the Columbans – Eighty Years in Korea

      CONTENTS

       Aknowledgements

       INTRODUCTION

      *Dolmens – Sŏ Chŏngju

      *Manil-sa

      *Loss

       1.KOREA IN THE 1960s

      *Two Ascetics Meet on Sosŭl Mountain – Sŏ Chŏngju

       2.THE COLUMBANS

      *Salute

      *The Men of Old

      *Sanctity

      *Spring Scents

      *Wisdom

      *Smart Bird

      *Painting the Great Worship Hall in Naeso-sa – Sŏ Chŏngju

       3.LEARNING THE ROPES

      *Evening on the Mountain: Song to the Moon in the Well – Yi Kyubo

      *Good Times in Koryŏ – Sŏ Chŏngju

      *In the Blood

       4.CULTURAL ADAPTATION

      *Directions

      *Hŏsaeng’s Tale – Pak Chiwŏn

       5.IN AT THE DEEP END

      *The Yangban’s Tale – Pak Chiwŏn

      *Ramifications of the Yangban’s Tale

      *Conclusions

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