Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics (Decolonizing Feminisms)

Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics brings together groundbreaking essays that speak to the relationship between Asian American feminisms, feminist of color work, and transnational feminist scholarship. This collection, featuring work by both senior and rising scholars, considers topics including the politics of visibility, histories of Asian American participation in women of color political formations, accountability for Asian American �settler complicities� and cross-racial solidarities, and Asian American community-based strategies against state violence as shaped by and tied to women of color feminisms. Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics provides a deep conceptual intervention into the theoretical underpinnings of Asian American studies; ethnic studies; women�s, gender, and sexual studies; as well as cultural studies in general. Intersectionality And Incommensurability : Third World Feminism And Asian Decolonization / Grace Kyungwon Hong -- Asian American Feminisms And Women Of Color Feminisms : Radicalism, Liberalism, And Invisibility / Judy Tzu Chun Wu -- Without Enhancements : Sexual Violence In The Everyday Lives Of Asian American Women / Erin Khuê Ninh -- Peminist And Queer Affiliation In Literature As A Blueprint For Filipinx Decolonization And Liberation / Thomas Xavier Sarmiento -- Decolinizing Api : Centering Indigenous Pacific Islander Feminism / Stephanie Nohelani Teves And Maile Arvin -- Becoming Restive : Orientations In Asian American Feminist Theory And Praxis / Tamsin Kimoto -- Navigating Colonial Pitfalls : Race, Citizenship And The Politics Of South Asian Canadian Feminism / Sunera Thobani -- The Language Of Care : Hmong Refugee Activism And A Feminist Refugee Epistemology / Ma Vang -- Negotiating Legacies : The Traffic Of Women And The Politics Of Filipina/o American Feminist Solidarity / Gina Velasco -- Race, Reproductive Justice, And The Criminalization Of Purvi Patel / Priya Kandaswamy -- Multiplicity, Women Of Color Politics, And An Asian American Feminist Praxis / Lynn Fujiwara -- Weaponizing Our (in)visibility: Asian American Feminist Ruptures Of The Model-minority Optic / Shireen Roshanravan. Edited By Lynn Fujiwara And Shireen Roshanravan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics brings together groundbreaking essays that speak to the relationship between Asian American feminisms, feminist of color work, and transnational feminist scholarship. This collection, featuring work by both senior and rising scholars, considers topics including the politics of visibility, histories of Asian American participation in women of color political formations, accountability for Asian American 'settler complicities' and cross-racial solidarities, and Asian American community-based strategies against state violence as shaped by and tied to women of color feminisms. Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics provides a deep conceptual intervention into the theoretical underpinnings of Asian American studies; ethnic studies; women's, gender, and sexual studies; as well as cultural studies in general"-- Publisher's description "Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics brings together groundbreaking essays that speak to the relationship between Asian American feminisms, feminist of color work, and transnational feminist scholarship. This collection, featuring work by both senior and rising scholars, considers topics including the politics of visibility, histories of Asian American participation in women of color political formations, accountability for Asian American "settler complicities" and cross-racial solidarities, and Asian American community-based strategies against state violence as shaped by and tied to women of color feminisms. Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics provides a deep conceptual intervention into the theoretical underpinnings of Asian American studies; ethnic studies; women's, gender, and sexual studies; as well as cultural studies in general." -- Amazon.com