{"product_id":"contentious-spirits-9780804769297","title":"Contentious Spirits","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContentious Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e explores the central role of religion, particularly Protestant Christianity, in Korean American history during the first half of the twentieth century in Hawai'i and California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]he book serves well as a case study of a relatively obscure segment of American society. Many of the book's findings reinforce the importance of religion in immigrant experience, the ambiguity of immigrant identity, and the role of race in American religion. The themes also guide readers safely through the complex paths of Korean-American religious experience, working almost like a guided tour to help readers visit some of the essential events and places . . . Anybody interested in Korean American history and religion, immigrant religious communities, and religion and politics will find it informative and interesting.\" -- Dae Young Ryu * \u003ci\u003eChurch History\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eContentious Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e is the first (and so far only) book-length treatment of the foundational period of Korean American history . . . Yoo provides a convincing narrative of the community, showing how Protestantism helped Koreans to acclimate to American culture despite their contentiousness, even though their faith in the end could not trump the racism that barred them from fully participating in American society.\" -- Timothy S. Lee * \u003ci\u003eInternational Bulletin of Missionary Research\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"David K. Yoo's \u003ci\u003eContentious Spirits: Religion in Korean American History, 1903-1945\u003c\/i\u003e is a pathbreaking study that opens up conversations not only in U.S. religious history but in the histories of race, transnational migration, and colonialism . . . The comprehensive scope of the work gives the subject matter a sweeping narrative over time.\" -- Shirley Jennifer Lim * \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Yoo makes an important contribution to our understanding of the religious aspect of the Korean experience in the United States. His book is full of useful information and perspectives on the institutions and congregations of Korean churches. Yoo's analysis of the issues and problems that Koreans faced as exiled aliens in the United States is thoughtful and perspicacious. With his lucid essay, he offers a new perspective on race, nationalism, and colonialism in American history as experienced by Korean Americans.\" -- Yŏng-ho Ch'oe * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eContentious Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e not only gives us a moving historical account of Protestant Christianity and early Korean American community formation, but it also provides us with the conceptual categories by which we can situate and understand this history. David Yoo deftly reveals how religious institutions and practices were shaped by, and in turn helped to shape, the prevailing patterns of racialization, diasporic consciousness, and political resistance.\" -- Michael Omi, University of California * Berkeley *\u003cbr\u003e\"Using three diodes—religion and race, migration and exile, and colonialism and independence—Yoo examines the early Korean American experience through the lens of their (mostly Protestant) religion and its organizational structures . . . [T]his book represents a significant advance in our understanding of the prewar Korean American community.\" -- Wayne Patterson * \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405586112855,"sku":"9780804769297","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804769297.jpg?v=1730492919","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contentious-spirits-9780804769297","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}