Family Sacrifices
The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 July 2019
- ISBN 9780190875923
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages220 pages
- Size 236x155x22 mm
- Weight 454 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 25 0
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Short description:
Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having no religious affiliation, making them the least religiously-identified ethnic group in the United States. But that statistic obscures a much more complex reality. Family Sacrifices reveals that Chinese Americans employ familism, not religion, as the primary narrative by which they find meaning, identity, and belonging.
MoreLong description:
Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having no religious affiliation, making them the least religiously-identified ethnic group in the United States. But that statistic obscures a much more complex reality. Family Sacrifices reveals that Chinese Americans employ familism, not religion, as the primary narrative by which they find meaning, identity, and belonging. As a transpacific lived tradition, Chinese American familism prioritizes family above other commitments and has roots in Chinese Popular Religion and Confucianism. The spiritual and ethical systems of China emphasize practicing rituals and cultivating virtue, whereas American religious research usually focuses on belief in the supernatural or belonging to a religious tradition. To address this gap in understanding, Family Sacrifices introduces the concept of liyi, translated as ritual propriety and righteous relations. Re-appropriated from its original Chinese usage, liyi offers a new way of understanding Chinese religion and a new lens for understanding the emergence of religious "nones" in the United States. The first book based on national survey data on Asian American religious practices, Family Sacrifices is a seminal text on the fastest-growing racial group in the United States.
The strengths are that - in a compact book - so many avenues for research have been opened.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction- Chinese American Familism and the Theory of Liyi
Chapter 2: The Roots of Chinese American Nonreligiousness and Familism
Chapter 3: Transmission: Chinese American Liyi Socialization
Chapter 4: Translation- Chinese Popular Religion and Confucianism in the U.S.
Chapter 5: The Yi of Family Sacrifice- Chinese Americans' Highest Values
Chapter 6: The Li of Chinese American Familism- Ritualizing Family, Food, and Fun
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
