Philip M. Peek

Dancing in the Forest

World Religions

“The retentions and modifications of immigrant religions, especially involving women, are too little studied. After years of intensive fieldwork with Korean shamans and clients in the northeastern US, Dr. Hong has produced a valuable account which enlightens outsiders about these critical life-affirming rituals and their practitioners. She reveals, with much sensitivity, the complexities faced by those who are, in effect, caught between cultures. A very important work for comparative research as well as for Koreans themselves.”