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Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans
Mark Chung . Ed(S): Hearn
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Description for Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans
Hardback. Editor(s): Hearn, Mark Chung. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HRAM; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 329.
This book explores the ways through which Korean American men demonstrate and navigate their manhood within a US context that has historically sorted them into several limiting, often emasculating, stereotypes. In the US, Korean men tend to be viewed as passive, non-athletic, and asexual (or hypersexual). They are often burdened with very specific expectations that run counter to traditional tropes of US masculinity. According to the normative script of masculinity, a “man” is rugged, individualistic, and powerful—the antithesis of the US social construction of Asian American men. In an interdisciplinary fashion, this book probes the lives of Korean American men ... Read more
This book explores the ways through which Korean American men demonstrate and navigate their manhood within a US context that has historically sorted them into several limiting, often emasculating, stereotypes. In the US, Korean men tend to be viewed as passive, non-athletic, and asexual (or hypersexual). They are often burdened with very specific expectations that run counter to traditional tropes of US masculinity. According to the normative script of masculinity, a “man” is rugged, individualistic, and powerful—the antithesis of the US social construction of Asian American men. In an interdisciplinary fashion, this book probes the lives of Korean American men ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
Series
Asian Christianity in the Diaspora
Number of Pages
139
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137594129
SKU
V9781137594129
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Ref
99-15
About Mark Chung . Ed(S): Hearn
Mark Chung Hearn is a second-generation Korean American. He is Assistant Clinical Professor of Contextual Education and Ministry and the Director of Contextual Education at Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry, USA. In addition to serving as an educator, he has ministered as a pastor, athletic coach, and church consultant.
Reviews for Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans
“Mark Chung Hearn’s Religious Experience Among Second Generation Korean Americans is a valuable addition to the rapidly growing body of scholarly works in the field of Asian American theology and religious history. … The strength of this book springs from Hearn’s clever demonstration of the importance of interpreting Korean American men as ‘sociohistorical constructs’ in a cutting-edge interdisciplinary work. … ... Read more