Race, gender, and religion in the Vietnamese diaspora: the new chosen people

Race, gender, and religion in the Vietnamese diaspora: the new chosen people

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 Virgi...

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Main Author: Ninh, Thien-Huong T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
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Vietnamese diaspora > Social aspects ; United States > Religion ; Cambodia
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spelling oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-869552020-10-14T02:51:27Z Race, gender, and religion in the Vietnamese diaspora: the new chosen people Ninh, Thien-Huong T. Vietnamese diaspora -- Social aspects ; United States -- Religion ; Cambodia 305.8959 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 2020-05-14T01:49:48Z 2020-05-14T01:49:48Z 2017 Book 9783319571676 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/86955 en © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 227 p. application/pdf Palgrave Macmillan
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Ninh, Thien-Huong T.
Race, gender, and religion in the Vietnamese diaspora: the new chosen people
description 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
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title Race, gender, and religion in the Vietnamese diaspora: the new chosen people
title_short Race, gender, and religion in the Vietnamese diaspora: the new chosen people
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