A postcolonial self : Korean immigrant theology and church / Hee An Choi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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