1950-1960년대 농촌 청년의 심성 세계: 도시 이주자와 남은 자들의 생활과 농촌 인식

Abstract

This study attempts to examine the mentalities, such as the thoughts, values, and emotions of rural youth, focusing on the everyday life of rural society in the 1950s and 1960s. The data of this study are two kinds of ego documents. The one is diaries produced by rural residents in the 1950s (Samgye Ilgi) and the other is letters exchanged by rural youths during the 1950s and 1960s. The subjects of analysis are rural youths who were born in rural areas in the early 1930s, experienced the post-war recovery system in their 20s, and participated in the modernization of Korean society in the 1960s The only option for rural youth to escape from the absolute poverty of post-war rural society was to move to the urban area. However, in order for them to settle in the city, they needed help and guarantee from their hometown and relatives. The modern desire of rural youths who have left to the urban was had combined with the re-traditionalizstion that to return to their hometown. This means that the mentalities of rural youth who have left to the industrial area was strongly connected with the traditional elements of their hometown. Meanwhile, during this period, young people who did not leave to the urban and remained in the rural area remained in their narrower world with a sense of isolation and anxiety about being eliminated in a declining rural society. During the 1960s, they maintained their narrow world through strong emotional connections among people in the same boat.