Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics
By: Salar Mameni
In Terracene Salar Mameni historicizes the popularization of the scientific notion of the Anthropocene alongside the emergence of the global war on terror. Mameni theorizes the Terracene as an epoch marked by a convergence of racialized...Read more about Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics
Crip Genealogies
Editors: Mel Y. Chen, Alison Kafer, Eunjung Kim, Julie Avril Minich. The contributors to Crip Genealogies reorient the field of disability studies by centering the work of transnational feminism, queer of color critique, and trans scholarship and activism....Read more about Crip Genealogies
Globalization and Civil Society in East Asia
Edited by: Khatharya Um and Chiharu Takenaka
This book critically examines the impact of globalization, changing power dynamics, migration, and evolving rights regimes on regional order, discourse of national governance, state and society relations, and...Read more about Globalization and Civil Society in East Asia
Asian American Histories of the United States
By Catherine Ceniza Choy - Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. Reckoning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge...Read more about Asian American Histories of the United States
Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley
By Carolyn Chen - Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. Work Pray Code explores how tech companies are bringing religion into the workplace in ways that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the...Read more about Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley
Developmental Social Work: Dialogue with Social Innovation
Edited by Julian Chow, Pei-shan Yang, and Eden Social Welfare Foundation: Developmental social work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaborations and believes it can accurately respond to the issues and the needs of our society. Therefore, more and more non-profit...Read more about Developmental Social Work: Dialogue with Social Innovation
Chinese Diaspora: Its Development in Global Perspective
By Lok Siu and Khachig Tölölyan: This volume provides important insights into the Chinese diaspora through a mix of disciplinary approaches and a wide range of topics, historical periods, thematic foci, and geographical sites. In this way, the...Read more about Chinese Diaspora: Its Development in Global Perspective
Comintern Aesthetics
Edited by Amelia Glaser and Steven S. Lee: Founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1919 to instigate a world revolution, the Comintern sought to advance not only the proletarian struggle but also a wide variety of radical causes, including fighting against imperialism and racism in...Read more about Comintern Aesthetics
Japanese American Millennials: Rethinking Generation, Community, and Diversity
By Michael Omi - Whereas most scholarship on Japanese Americans looks at historical case studies or the 1.5 generation assimilating, this pioneering anthology, Japanese American Millennials, captures the experiences, perspectives, and...Read more about Japanese American Millennials: Rethinking Generation, Community, and Diversity
Parameters of Disavowal: Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema
By Jinsoo An: The colonial experience of the early twentieth century shaped Korea’s culture and identity, leaving a troubling past that was subtly reconstructed in South Korean postcolonial cinema. Relating postcolonial discourses to a reading of Manchurian...Read more about Parameters of Disavowal: Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema
Gendering the Trans-Pacific World: Diaspora, Empire, and Race
Edited by Catherine Ceniza Choy and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu: As the inaugural volume of the new Brill book series Gendering the Trans-Pacific World: Diaspora, Empire, and Race, this anthology presents an emergent interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field that...Read more about Gendering the Trans-Pacific World: Diaspora, Empire, and Race
The Ethnic Avant-Garde: Cultures and World Revolution
By Steven S. Lee: During the 1920s and 1930s, American minority artists and writers collaborated extensively with the Soviet avant-garde, seeking to build a revolutionary society that would end racial discrimination and advance progressive art. Making what...Read more about The Ethnic Avant-Garde: Cultures and World Revolution
Racial Formation in the United States- 3rd Edition
Michael Omi - Twenty years since the publication of the Second Edition and more than thirty years since the publication of the original book, Racial Formation in the United States now arrives with each chapter radically revised and rewritten by authors Michael...Read more about Racial Formation in the United States- 3rd Edition
Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America
By Catherine Ceniza Choy: In the last fifty years, transnational adoption—specifically, the adoption of Asian children—has exploded in popularity as an alternative path to family making. Despite the cultural acceptance of this practice, surprisingly little attention...Read more about Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America
Gendered Citizenships: Transnational Perspectives on Knowledge Production, Political Activism, and Culture
Edited By Kia Lilly Caldwell, Kathleen Coll, Tracy Fisher, Renya K. Ramirez, and Lok Siu: Drawing on ethnographic research with underrepresented communities in the Caribbean, Europe, South America, and the United States, this wide-ranging anthology examines...Read more about Gendered Citizenships: Transnational Perspectives on Knowledge Production, Political Activism, and Culture
Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience
Carolyn Chen - What does becoming American have to do with becoming religious? Many immigrants become more religious after coming to the United States. Taiwanese are no different. Like many Asian immigrants to the United States, Taiwanese frequently convert to Christianity...Read more about Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience
Asian Diasporas: New Formations, New Conceptions
Editors Rhacel S. Parreñas and Lok C. D. Siu: Asian migrants are inextricably linked to contemporary debates concerning the nation-state, neoliberalism, globalization, and transnationalism. This volume brings together these streams of inquiry and...Read more about Asian Diasporas: New Formations, New Conceptions
Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in Panama
By Lok Siu - While the history of Asian migration to Latin America is well documented, we know little about the contemporary experience of diasporic Asians in this part of the world. Memories of a Future Home offers an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in...Read more about Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in Panama
Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History
By Catherine Ceniza Choy: In western countries, including the United States, foreign-trained nurses constitute a crucial labor supply. Far and away the largest number of these nurses come from the Philippines. Why is it that a developing nation with a comparatively...Read more about Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History