TY  - BOOK
AU  - Choi,Hee An
TI  - A postcolonial self: Korean immigrant theology and church 
SN  - 9781438457376
AV  - BL2525 .C475 2015eb
U1  - 230.089/957 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Korean Americans
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Korean American churches
KW  - National characteristics, Korean
KW  - Asian American theology
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - United States
KW  - Koreans
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Américains d'origine coréenne
KW  - Vie religieuse
KW  - Coréens
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Systematic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Korean Ethnic Self (We); What Is a Korean Ethnic Self?; The Colloquial Linguistic Sense of the "We"; The Cultural Sense of the "We"; The Colonial and Postcolonial Sense of the "We"; A Korean Ethnic Self versus a Western Concept of the Self; A Korean Ethnic Self (We) in the Context of Christian Faith; The March First Movement; The Minjung Movement in South Korea; 2. A Marginalized Self (I as the Other versus We as the Other); How Immigrants Experience Their Self; The Assimilation Experience for Korean Immigrants; From the Consciousness of the "We" to Awareness of the "I"A Marginalized Self (I as the Other) in the Racial Formation Process; Hegemony of Racism; Otherness in the "I"; A Marginalized Self (I as the Other) in the Discourse of Sex/Gender; Otherness in Women; Otherness in Korean Women; From a Marginalized Self (I as the Other) to a Marginalized Communal Self (We as the Other); Marginalization through Racial Social Dynamics; Communal Otherness in Stereotype Formation; Communal Otherness in Stereotype Formation for Korean Immigrants; From the Marginalized Self (I as the Other) to the Marginalized Communal Self (We as the Other) through the Dynamics of the Korean Immigrant ChurchCommunal Otherness in the Korean Immigrant Church; From the Marginalized Self (I as the Other) to the Marginalized Communal Self (We as the Other) in the L.A. Uprising; The L.A. Uprising; 3. A Postcolonial Self (I and We with Others); From a Marginalized Self to a Postcolonial Self (I and We with Others); What Is a Postcolonial Self?; Racial/Cultural Identity and Asian American Identity Development; A Postcolonial Self-Identity Development ("I and We")A Postcolonial Self-Identity Development ("with Others"); The Practice of a Postcolonial Self: Radical Hospitality; Radical Hospitality and Its Formation; Bapsang Community (, Bapsang Gongdongche); Practice of Radical Hospitality, Mutuality of Sharing; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
N2  - "Theologian Choi Hee An explores how Korean immigrants create a new, postcolonial identity in response to life in the United States. A Postcolonial Self begins with a discussion of a Korean ethnic self ("Woori" or "we") and how it differs from Western norms. Choi then looks at the independent self, the theological debates over this concept, and the impact of racism, sexism, classism, and postcolonialism on the formation of this self. She concludes with a look at how Korean immigrants, especially immigrant women, cope with the transition to US culture, including prejudice and discrimination, and the role the Korean immigrant church plays in this. Choi posits that an emergent postcolonial self can be characterized as "I and We with Others." In Korean immigrant theology and church, an extension of this can be characterized as "radical hospitality," a concept that challenges both immigrants and American society to consider a new mutuality."--Publisher
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