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Share a BookUnique All-Woman Korean Diving Culture of Jeju & a New Novel, "The Island of Sea Women," by Lisa See
Just learned that a friend's family bookclub had chosen "The Island of Sea Women," a fictional novel by Lisa See about a Korean village’s all-female diving collective and the two apprentices (young girls) just beginning to work in the sea with their mothers, aunts, and grandmothers, as this past month's choice.
These are tough, independent women. Wonder if there is a connection between the tenacious spirit of Korean Radfems and the female diving culture of Jeju?
Wish I could have participated in my friend's family bookclub.
Here's info about the novel on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40538657-the-island-of-sea-women
Also, here's more resources about the unique female Korean diving collective of Jeju:
Paper: Haenyeo: female divers of Jeju
https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=312503
Documentary on 12 Year Old Korean Haenyeo Diver 1975 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6XDN_VA-m0
Documentary: Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7DQLMKBTE
Documentary: Haenyeo, Sea Women of Korea's Jeju Island Part I.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRhZPk6ZoE
So.
Much.
Cope.
IV drip of cope 👍