"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.

Korean collection. Includes maps of: Korea.

ch. 1.Story of the Korean people -- ch. 2. Thought and religion -- ch. 3. Arts and literature -- ch. 4. Performing arts -- ch. 5. Daily life and folkways -- ch. 6. Life in a Korean village -- ch. 7. Life in urban Korea -- ch. 8. Gender, marriage, and the lives of Korean women -- ch. 9. Greater Korea: looking ahead.