Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Russell M. Jeung, Seanan S. Fong, Helen Jin KimPublish date:2019-06-06Pages:220
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190875923ISBN-10:190875925UPC:9780190875923Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Penology, Black Studies (Global)Size:9.30 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCEEB76YDT
Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans
Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having no religious affiliation, making them the least religiously-identified ethnic group in the United States. But that statistic obscures a much more complex reality. Family Sacrifices reveals that Chinese Americans employ familism, not religion, as the primary narrative by which they find meaning, identity, and belonging. As a transpacific lived...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190875923ISBN-10:190875925UPC:9780190875923Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Penology, Black Studies (Global)Size:9.30 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCEEB76YDT
Dr. Russell M. Jeung is Chair and Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. The author of books and articles on Asian Americans, religion, and race, he's a community activist and church leader in East Oakland, California. Dr. Jeung's memoir, At Home in Exile, shares his family's six generations in the US and his life with refugees. Seanan S. Fong is a writer and...
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