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Techno-Orientalism 2.0

New Intersections and Interventions

by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta Aiyu Niu, Christopher T. Fan, Justin Battin, Agnieszka Kiejziewicz, Edmond Chang0, Clare Kim1, Adhy Kim2, Jung Soo Lee3, Lori Kido Lopez4, Kimberly McKee5, Jane Park6, Imran Parray7, Baryon Posadas8, Thomas Sarmiento9, Gerald Sim0, Leland Tabares1, Rachel Tay2, Jae Yeon Yoo3, Charles Tung4, Shana Ye5, Ian Liujia Tian6, Professor Anna Romina Guevarra7, Professor Won Jeon8 ...

Series series Asian American Studies Today
Building on the groundbreaking Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media, published by Rutgers University Press in 2015, Techno-Orientalism 2.0: New Intersections and Interventions addresses the impact of a volatile post-pandemic present on speculative futures by and about Asians. The backdrop of this highly anticipated follow-up is a world that is radically ... Read more

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Building on the groundbreaking Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media, published by Rutgers University Press in 2015, Techno-Orientalism 2.0: New Intersections and Interventions addresses the impact of a volatile post-pandemic present on speculative futures by and about Asians. The backdrop of this highly anticipated follow-up is a world that is radically
... Read more
The Heartland of U.S. Empire

Race, Region, and the Queer Filipinx Midwest

by Thomas Xavier Sarmiento ...

Series series Asian American History & Cultu
Examining Filipinx cultural representations in the Midwest since the early twentieth century, Thomas Sarmiento shrewdly considers the impact of American exceptionalism and U.S. imperialism in a region where white, middle class, heterosexual, and Christian is the norm. The Heartland of U.S. Empire offers a cogent analysis of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and its infamous Philippine Exhibit ... Read more

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Examining Filipinx cultural representations in the Midwest since the early twentieth century, Thomas Sarmiento shrewdly considers the impact of American exceptionalism and U.S. imperialism in a region where white, middle class, heterosexual, and Christian is the norm. The Heartland of U.S. Empire offers a cogent analysis of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and its infamous Philippine Exhibit
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Possible Peace, Unending War? Post-Agreement and Peacebuilding in Colombia

by Claudia M. Moreno Ojeda, A.H.J. (Bert) Helmsing, Katerina Siira, Darío Fajardo Montaña, Víctor Barrera, Andrés Felipe Aponte González, Álvaro Villarraga Sarmiento, Rosalie Fransen, Thomas Hill, Fernán E. González0 ...

After more than 50 years of internal armed conflict in Colombia, finally on November 24, 2016, a final Peace Agreement was reached with the world's oldest guerrillas, the FARC-EP. How is the process of implementation of the Final Agreement and the construction of a lasting peace going? How might we understand the Colombian case? What do international lessons say about rebuilding post-conflict ... Read more

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After more than 50 years of internal armed conflict in Colombia, finally on November 24, 2016, a final Peace Agreement was reached with the world's oldest guerrillas, the FARC-EP. How is the process of implementation of the Final Agreement and the construction of a lasting peace going? How might we understand the Colombian case? What do international lessons say about rebuilding post-conflict
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The Full Value of Parks

From Economics to the Intangible

by P.S Ramakrishnan, Anthony J. English, Ellen Lee, John Shultis, enneth Angu Angu, Terence Hay-Edie, Holmes Rolston III, Eduardo Crespo de Nogueira, Consuelo Martinez Flores, Gary E. Davis, David M. Graber, Steven A. Acker, Alan Ewert, Steven J. Hollenhorst, Leo McAvoy, Keith C. Russell, Bradley W. Barr, Rod Ehler, Peter Wiley, German I. Andrade, Thomas Schaaf, Mechtild Rossler, Neema Pathak, Ashish Kothari, Natalia Danilina, Vladimir Boreyko, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Michael J. Tranel, Adrienne Hall, Johnathan I. Barnes, Bron Taylor, Joel Geffen, Mercedes Otegui ...

The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Much has been written about the importance of parks to the tourism industry, yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery, as ... Read more

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The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Much has been written about the importance of parks to the tourism industry, yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery, as
... Read more

From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia

Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales

by Jeffery R. Webber ...

Evo Morales rode to power on a wave of popular mobilizations against the neoliberal policies enforced by his predecessors. Yet many of his economic policies bare striking resemblance to the status quo he was meant to displace. Based in part on dozens of interviews with leading Bolivian activists, Jeff Webber examines the contradictions of Morales' first term in office. ... Read more

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Evo Morales rode to power on a wave of popular mobilizations against the neoliberal policies enforced by his predecessors. Yet many of his economic policies bare striking resemblance to the status quo he was meant to displace. Based in part on dozens of interviews with leading Bolivian activists, Jeff Webber examines the contradictions of Morales' first term in office.
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Coming of Age in Second Life

An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human

by Tom Boellstorff, Tom Boellstorff ...

Millions of people around the world today spend portions of their lives in online virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the largest of these virtual worlds. The residents of Second Life create communities, buy property and build homes, go to concerts, meet in bars, attend weddings and religious services, buy and sell virtual goods and services, find friendship, fall in love--the possibilities are ... Read more

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Millions of people around the world today spend portions of their lives in online virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the largest of these virtual worlds. The residents of Second Life create communities, buy property and build homes, go to concerts, meet in bars, attend weddings and religious services, buy and sell virtual goods and services, find friendship, fall in love--the possibilities are
... Read more
Queer Transfigurations

Boys Love Media in Asia

by Dr. Thomas Baudinette, Dr. Poowin Bunyavejchewin, Dr. Tricia Abigail Santos Fermin, Dr. Katrien Jacobs, Dr. Han Hau Lai, Byung’chu Dredge Kang-Nguyễn, Dr. Hyojin Kim, Dr. Jungmin Kwon, Dr. Aerin Lai, Dr. Xi Lin, Dr. Lakshmi Menon, Dr. Kazumi Nagaike, Dr. Gita Pramudita Prameswari, Dr. Asako P. Santo, Dr. Kristine Michelle Santos, Dr. Kania Arini Sukotjo, Dr. Peiti Wang, Dr. Yanrui Xu, Dr. Ling Yang, Dr. Wei Wei ...

Series series Asia Pop!
The boys love (BL) genre was created for girls and women by young female manga (comic) artists in early 1970s Japan to challenge oppressive gender and sexual norms. Over the years, BL has seen almost irrepressible growth in popularity and since the 2000s has become a global media phenomenon, weaving its way into anime, prose fiction, live-action dramas, video games, audio dramas, and fan works. BL ... Read more

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The boys love (BL) genre was created for girls and women by young female manga (comic) artists in early 1970s Japan to challenge oppressive gender and sexual norms. Over the years, BL has seen almost irrepressible growth in popularity and since the 2000s has become a global media phenomenon, weaving its way into anime, prose fiction, live-action dramas, video games, audio dramas, and fan works. BL
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Latin America's Turbulent Transitions

The Future of Twenty-First Century Socialism

by Roger Burbach, Michael Fox, Federico Fuentes ...

Over the past few years, something remarkable has occurred in Latin America. For the first time since the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua in the 1980s, people within the region have turned toward radical left governments - specifically in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Why has this profound shift taken place and how does this new, so-called Twenty-First-Century Socialism actually manifest ... Read more

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Over the past few years, something remarkable has occurred in Latin America. For the first time since the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua in the 1980s, people within the region have turned toward radical left governments - specifically in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Why has this profound shift taken place and how does this new, so-called Twenty-First-Century Socialism actually manifest
... Read more
Techno-Orientalism

Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu, Kenneth Hough, Jason Crum, Victor Bascara, Warren Liu, Seo-Young Chu0, Abigail De Kosnik1, Jinny Huh2, Steve Choe3, Se Young Kim4, Dylan Yeats5, Julie Ha Tran6, Kathryn Allan7, Aimee Bahng8, Douglas S. Ishii9, Tzarina T. Prater0, Catherine Fung1, Charles Park2 ...

Series series Asian American Studies Today
What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in ... Read more

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What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in
... Read more
Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy

Participation, Politics, and Culture under Chávez

Edited by David Smilde, Daniel Hellinger ...

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Democracy brings together a variety of perspectives on participation and democracy in Venezuela. An interdisciplinary group of contributors focuses on the everyday lives of Venezuelans, examining the forms of participation that have emerged in communal councils, cultural activities, blogs, community media, and several other forums. The essays validate many of the critiques ... Read more

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Venezuela’s Bolivarian Democracy brings together a variety of perspectives on participation and democracy in Venezuela. An interdisciplinary group of contributors focuses on the everyday lives of Venezuelans, examining the forms of participation that have emerged in communal councils, cultural activities, blogs, community media, and several other forums. The essays validate many of the critiques
... Read more
Evo's Bolivia

Continuity and Change

by Linda C. Farthing, Benjamin H. Kohl ...

In this compelling and comprehensive look at the rise of Evo Morales and Bolivia’s Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Linda Farthing and Benjamin Kohl offer a thoughtful evaluation of the transformations ushered in by the western hemisphere’s first contemporary indigenous president. Accessible to all readers, Evo’s Bolivia not only charts Evo’s rise to power but also offers a history of and context ... Read more

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In this compelling and comprehensive look at the rise of Evo Morales and Bolivia’s Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Linda Farthing and Benjamin Kohl offer a thoughtful evaluation of the transformations ushered in by the western hemisphere’s first contemporary indigenous president. Accessible to all readers, Evo’s Bolivia not only charts Evo’s rise to power but also offers a history of and context
... Read more
Informatics of Domination

by Donna J. Haraway ...

Informatics of Domination is an experimental collection addressing formations of power that manifest through technical systems and white capitalist patriarchy in the twenty-first century. The volume takes its name from a chart in Donna J. Haraway’s canonical 1985 essay “A Manifesto for Cyborgs.” Haraway theorizes the informatics of domination as a feminist, diagrammatic concept for situating power ... Read more

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Informatics of Domination is an experimental collection addressing formations of power that manifest through technical systems and white capitalist patriarchy in the twenty-first century. The volume takes its name from a chart in Donna J. Haraway’s canonical 1985 essay “A Manifesto for Cyborgs.” Haraway theorizes the informatics of domination as a feminist, diagrammatic concept for situating power
... Read more

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