Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans (Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies, 45)

In __Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans,__ David K. Yoo and Khyati Y. Joshi assemble a wide-ranging and important collection of essays documenting the intersections of race and religion and Asian American communities—a combination so often missing both in the scholarly literature and in public discourse. Issues of religion and race/ethnicity undergird current national debates around immigration, racial profiling, and democratic freedoms, but these issues, as the contributors document, are longstanding ones in the United States. The essays feature dimensions of traditions such as Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism, as well as how religion engages with topics that include religious affiliation (or lack thereof), the legacy of the Vietnam War, and popular culture. The contributors also address the role of survey data, pedagogy, methodology, and literature that is richly complementary and necessary for understanding the scope and range of the subject of Asian American religions. These essays attest to the vibrancy and diversity of Asian American religions, while at the same time situating these conversations in a scholarly lineage and discourse. This collection will certainly serve as an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readers with interests in Asian American religions in fields such as ethnic and Asian American studies, religious studies, American studies, and related fields that focus on immigration and race.

In Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans, David K. Yooand Khyati Y. Joshi assemble a wide-ranging and importantcollection of essays documenting the intersections of race andreligion and Asian American communities-a combination so oftenmissing both in the scholarly literature and in public discourse.Issues of religion and race/ethnicity undergird current nationaldebates around immigration, racial profiling, and democraticfreedoms, but these issues, as the contributors document, arelongstanding ones in the United States. The essays featuredimensions of traditions such as Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism, aswell as how religion engages with topics that include religiousaffiliation (or lack thereof), the legacy of the Vietnam War, andpopular culture. The contributors also address the role of surveydata, pedagogy, methodology, and literature that is richlycomplementary and necessary for understanding the scope and rangeof the subject of Asian American religions. These essays attest tothe vibrancy and diversity of Asian American religions, while atthe same time situating these conversations in a scholarly lineageand discourse. This collection will certainly serve as aninvaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readerswith interests in Asian American religions, ethnic and AsianAmerican studies, religious studies, American studies, and relatedfields that focus on immigration and race.

"The manuscript is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that examine the intertwining of religion and race among Asian American communities within a broad context of the United States. Both religion and race, as social constructs, have in their relation to one another been foundational for the formation of American identities, and for Asian Americas, largely reflected through exclusion and marginalization. Despite growing interest, religion continues to be an understudied, but vital dimension of Asian American experiences, and this volume is concerned about how Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh communities have navigated the post-9/11 period compounded by the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Contributors examine the role of popular culture and also draw upon and the extensive data collected by the Pew Research Center for the largest Asian American communities. What emerges are rich, complex, and multi-dimensional explorations of how religion and race have been significant forces in the lives of Asian Americans"-- Provided by publisher

Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways, sometimes comically, sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers, resorting to ingenious stratagems and risky escapades in defiance of contemporary mores. Chosen to represent the best works from the great age of the vernacular story, they offer an admirable introduction to the world of Chinese fiction in this era.

All of the stories in Falling in Love have been translated especially for this volume, and most appear here in translation for the first time. They are taken from two works, Constant Words to Awaken the World (Xing shi heng yan) and a related collection, The Rocks Nod Their Heads (Shi dian tou), both published in the early seventeenth century.

Brings together a wide-ranging and important collection of essays documenting the intersections of race and religion and Asian American communities. These essays attest to the vibrancy and diversity of Asian American religions, while at the same time situating these conversations in a scholarly lineage and discourse.