A Hermeneutic on Dislocation as Experience : Creating a Borderland, Constructing a Hybrid Identity Hardback

by Hemchand Gossai, Jung Eun Sophia Park

Part of the Studies in Biblical Literature series

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Dislocation, which involves moving from a familiar place to an unknown place, is a common experience in this era of globalization yet it can cause a deep sense of alienation â€“ people feel invisible, voiceless, and anonymous.

A Hermeneutic on Dislocation as Experience: Creating a Borderland, Constructing a Hybrid Identity employs socio-rhetorical criticism from a postcolonial perspective, providing a hermeneutic on the experience of dislocation from the perspective of Asian immigrant women.

The authorâ€™s focus on Asian immigrant womenâ€™s spirituality is interwoven with different texts such as the story of a woman caught in adultery (Jn. 7: 53-8:11), Asian immigrant womenâ€™s stories in the novels Dictee and Crossings, and stories of Korean shamans encountered in the authorâ€™s ethnographic fieldwork. This book suggests that people who experience dislocation can create a borderland where their own marginality gains power and voice.

In that borderland, they are able to construct a hybrid identity as a result of deep engagement with one another.

In particular, the authorâ€™s fieldwork on Korean shamans reveals how the shamanic ritual itself functions as a borderland, wherein the marginalized Korean shamans gain hybrid identity.

A Hermeneutic on Dislocation as Experience is a valuable resource for classes in Asian studies, ethnography, cultural anthropology, biblical spirituality, womenâ€™s spirituality, and interdisciplinary courses.