TY - BOOK ID - 134572155 TI - A postcolonial self PY - 2015 SN - 1438457375 9781438457376 9781438457352 1438457359 PB - Albany DB - UniCat KW - Korean Americans KW - Korean American churches. KW - National characteristics, Korean. KW - Asian American theology. KW - Race discrimination KW - Koreans KW - Religious life. KW - Social conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134572155 AB - Theologian Choi Hee An explores how Korean immigrants create a new, postcolonial identity in response to life in the United States. A Postcolonial Self begins with a discussion of a Korean ethnic self ("Woori" or "we") and how it differs from Western norms. Choi then looks at the independent self, the theological debates over this concept, and the impact of racism, sexism, classism, and postcolonialism on the formation of this self. She concludes with a look at how Korean immigrants, especially immigrant women, cope with the transition to US culture, including prejudice and discrimination, and the role the Korean immigrant church plays in this. Choi posits that an emergent postcolonial self can be characterized as "I and We with Others." In Korean immigrant theology and church, an extension of this can be characterized as "radical hospitality," a concept that challenges both immigrants and American society to consider a new mutuality. ER -