| Language: | English |
| Releasing Date: | Mar 01, 2011 |
| Publisher: | Seoul Selection |
| Product Made In: | South Korea |
| Case: | Safe Box |
Pages: 239
ISBN: 9788991913783
Dimensions (in inches): 11.61 x 8.27 x 0.07
Hardcover
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, sea urchins, turban shells, and abalone. Their numbers have dwindled from 15,000 in the 1970s to approximately 5,600 in recent decades. Driven by economics, these free-divers continue to labor well into their eighties—the hardier ones often plunging 65 feet while holding their breath for two minutes or longer.
Brenda Paik Sunoo gathered these women¡¯s stories while living in their diving villages for a total of seven months between 2007 and 2009.
Moon Tides—Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea is the first book by an American journalist to document the lives of these rare divers through intimate interviews and photographs. Their stories will appeal to those of us desiring a life of purpose—undulating and infinite as the sea.
Chapter One
Lifte by the Wind and Tides of
SURVIVAL
Chapter Two
Lifted by the Wind and Tides of
SHAMANS
Chapter Three
Lifted by the Wind and Tides of
SUFERING
Chapter Four
Lifted by the Wind and Tides of
AGING
Chapter Five
Lifted by the Wind and Tides of
COMPASSION
Chapter Six
Lifted by the Wind and Tides of
FAMILY
Chapter Seven
Lifted by the Wind and Tides of
FUTURE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCE
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