Moon tides : Jeju Island grannies of the sea /

Imagine strolling along the windy shores of Jeju Island, off the southwest coast of Korea. Suddenly, you hear whistling echoing from the sea. Turning to the water, you spot weathered faces bobbing to the surface, and you realize that the sound is the exhaled breath of sea women, known as haenyeo. Wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sunoo, Brenda Paik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seoul : Seoul Selection, ©2011.
Temas:
Women divers > Korea (South) > Cheju Island > Social life and customs.
Women divers > Korea (South) > Cheju Island > Pictorial works.
Women divers > Korea (South) > Cheju Island > Anecdotes.
Women divers
Women divers > Social life and customs
Korea (South) > Cheju Island
Anecdotes
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Imagine strolling along the windy shores of Jeju Island, off the southwest coast of Korea. Suddenly, you hear whistling echoing from the sea. Turning to the water, you spot weathered faces bobbing to the surface, and you realize that the sound is the exhaled breath of sea women, known as haenyeo. With a sigh of gratitude, the aging divers have returned to the surface to replenish their aching lungs. Jeju Island's haenyeo are a dying breed perhaps the last of their generation. As their maternal ancestors did for centuries, they have scoured the island's sea floor, harvesting seaweed, octopuses,
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9788997639083
8997639080

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