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Duncan Williams, “American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War” (Harvard UP, 2019)

Duncan Ryūken Williams
American Sutra
A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War
Harvard University Press, 2019

New Books in American Studies New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in Buddhist Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network February 18, 2019 Alex Carroll

In American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Harvard University Press, 2019), Duncan Ryūken Williams recenters the role of faith in the Japanese-American experience in WWII by showing how religious differences underlay the injustices that they suffered before, during, and after the war. American... Read More

Ana Paulina Lee, “Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory” (Stanford UP, 2018)

Ana Paulina Lee
Mandarin Brazil
Race, Representation, and Memory
Stanford University Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Sociology New Books Network December 13, 2018 Ian Shin

In her new book, Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory (Stanford University Press, 2018), Ana Paulina Lee (Columbia University) analyzes representations of the Chinese in Brazilian culture to understand their significance for Brazilian nation-building in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lee has assembled a multidisciplinary archive encompassing literature, visual... Read More

Noenoe K. Silva, “The Power of the Steel-Tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History” (Duke UP, 2017)

Noenoe K. Silva
The Power of the Steel-Tipped Pen
Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History
Duke University Press, 2017

New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in History New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Native American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in the American West New Books Network December 10, 2018 Stephen Hausmann

The process of colonialism seeks to demean Indigenous intellect and destroy Indigenous literary traditions. Reconstructing those legacies is thus an act of anti-colonial resistance. This is the impetus behind Noenoe K. Silva’s The Power of the Steel-Tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History (Duke University Press, 2017). Silva, Professor of... Read More

Emily Jungmin Yoon
A Cruelty Special to Our Species

Ecco Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in Literature New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Poetry New Books Network December 7, 2018 Andrea Blythe

In her first full-length collection, A Cruelty Special to Our Species (Ecco Books, 2018), Emily Jungmin Yoon examines forms of violence against women. At its core these poems delves into the lives of Korean comfort women of the 1930s and 40s, reflecting on not only the history of sexual slavery,... Read More

Connie Chiang, “Nature Behind Barbed Wire: An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration” (Oxford UP, 2018)

Connie Chiang
Nature Behind Barbed Wire
An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Asian American Studies New Books in Environmental Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Science & Technology New Books in the American West New Books Network October 31, 2018 Stephen Hausmann

The history of Japanese American incarceration during World War II is a well-known topic in American history and has been the subject of countess books and articles. In Nature Behind Barbed Wire: An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration (Oxford University Press, 2018), Connie Chiang reveals hidden layers of... Read More