Tuesday:
Family Cycle, Lineage and Tombside Rites
Thursday: The
Village, Gender, Class and Folk Religion
Discussion Topic—What
is the main functional difference between lineages and families? What
other factors structured traditional rural Korea? (Hint: look at
religious ritual groups, government structures, marketing patterns).
Reading summary due.
Reading:
- Janelli chap
5-7. The following readings from Journal of Korean Studies can be accessed from the course web site: Sorensen “Land Tenure and Class Relations" Vol7: 35-54, Janelli "Interest Rates and Rationality" Vol 6: 165-91, Sorensen "Marketing and Social Structure" Vol 3: 83-112