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Contentious Spirits: Religion in Korean American History, 1903-1945

Contentious Spirits: Religion in Korean American History, 1903-1945

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Contentious Spirits explores the role of religion in Korean American history during the first half of the twentieth century in Hawai'i and California. Historian David K. Yoo argues that religion is the most important aspect of this group's experience because its structures and sensibilities address the full range of human experience.

Framing the book are three relational themes: religion & race, migration & exile, and colonialism & independence. In an engaging narrative, Yoo documents the ways in which religion shaped the racialization of Korean in the United States, shows how religion fueled the transnational migration of Korean Americans and its connections to their exile, and details a story in which religion intertwined with the visions and activities of independence even as it was also entangled in colonialism.

The first book-length study of religion in Korean American history, it will appeal to academics and general readers interested in Asian American history, American religious history, and ethnic studies.



Author: David Yoo
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 03/31/2010
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780804769297

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 21

About the Author
David K. Yoo is Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA. Most recently, he is the co-editor of Religion and Spirituality in Korean America.

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