Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States /

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"Among the scholars who have built the field of Korean studies are former Peace Corps volunteers who served in South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s before pursuing advanced degrees in anthropology, history, and literature. These scholars, who formed the core of the second generation of Korean Stu...

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Autres auteurs: Robinson, Michael Edson (Éditeur intellectuel), Kim, Seung-Kyung, 1954- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Seattle, WA] : Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Peace Corps (U.S.) > Korea (South)
Koreanists.
Education, Higher.
Koreanists > United States.
United States.
Korea (South)
Korea (South) > History > Study and teaching (Higher)
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Among the scholars who have built the field of Korean studies are former Peace Corps volunteers who served in South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s before pursuing advanced degrees in anthropology, history, and literature. These scholars, who formed the core of the second generation of Korean Studies scholars in the US, reflect in this volume on their personal experience of serving during Korea's period of military dictatorship, on issues of gender and the Peace Corps experience, and on how random assignment to Korea sparked fascination and led to lifelong professional involvement with the country. Two chapters by Korean studies scholars who were not Peace Corps volunteers (one American and one Korean) assess how Peace Corps volunteers have influenced development of the field"--
Description:Place of publication from publisher's website.
"A Center for Korea Studies publication".
Description matérielle:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9780295748146

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