The Evangelical Church in Boston's Chinatown: A Discourse of Language, Gender, and Identity

by Erika A. Muse

Overview

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415974066
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/24/2005
Series:	Studies in Asian Americans
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Erika A. Muse is an Anthropologist with a research focus on Chinese American Christianity and discourse analysis. She teaches anthropology and humanities at the Albany College of Pharmacy. She recently contributed a number of articles to the Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia.

Table of Contents

Editorial methodAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter one: Saving souls in chinatown: church and community Chapter two: Accounting for diversity -a comparison of case studiesChapter three: Cultural histories and christian traditionsChapter four: Text and performing ethnicityChapter five: Separateness of church - Counter-culture christianity and the model minority Chapter six: Discourse public and private-performing genderChapter seven: conclusionNotesBibliographyIndex