Race, Gender, and Religion in the Vietnamese Diaspora
The New Chosen People
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Comparative Religion
| Author: | Thien-Huong T. Ninh | ISBN: | 9783319571683 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | August 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thien-Huong T. Ninh |
| ISBN: | 9783319571683 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | August 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book examines how the racialization of religion facilitates the diasporic formation of ethnic Vietnamese in the U.S. and Cambodia, two communities that have been separated from one another for nearly 30 years. It compares devotion to female religious figures in two minority religions, the Virgin Mary among the Catholics and the Mother Goddess among the Caodaists. Visual culture and institutional structures are examined within both communities. Thien-Huong Ninh invites a critical re-thinking of how race, gender, and religion are proxies for understanding, theorizing, and addressing social inequalities within global contexts.
This book examines how the racialization of religion facilitates the diasporic formation of ethnic Vietnamese in the U.S. and Cambodia, two communities that have been separated from one another for nearly 30 years. It compares devotion to female religious figures in two minority religions, the Virgin Mary among the Catholics and the Mother Goddess among the Caodaists. Visual culture and institutional structures are examined within both communities. Thien-Huong Ninh invites a critical re-thinking of how race, gender, and religion are proxies for understanding, theorizing, and addressing social inequalities within global contexts.
