a NYU PRESS NEW AND FORTHCOMING TITLES IN
ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES 2022
GET 30% OFF WITH CODE ASAM22-FM
nyupress.org
HIGHLIGHTS FIERCE AND FEARLESS
THE RACIAL RAILROAD
Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress
by Julia H. Lee
by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink
Reveals the legacy of the train as a critical site of race in the United States
The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative champion of Title IX
456 PG | CLOTH | 9781479808014 | $35
304 PG | PAPER | 9781479812776 | $30
LIKE WATER
PAIN GENERATION
A Cultural History of Bruce Lee
Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie
by Daryl Joji Maeda
by L. Ayu Saraswati
Highlights Bruce Lee’s influence beyond martial arts and film FORTHCOMING
352 PG | CLOTH | 9781479812868 | $30
Explores the perils and promise of feminist social media activism
224 PG | PAPER | 9781479808335 | $28
HYPER EDUCATION
THE INTIMACIES OF CONFLICT
Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough
Cultural Memory and the Korean War
by Pawan Dhingra
352 PG | PAPER | 9781479812660 | $19
An up-close look at the education arms race of afterschool learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate children NEW IN PAPERBACK
by Daniel Y. Kim
336 PG | PAPER | 9781479805365 | $29
THE OPPORTUNITY TRAP
THE COLORS OF LOVE Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships
High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program
by Melinda A. Mills
How multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love
by Pallavi Banerjee
Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and their legally dependent spouses and families
336 PG | PAPER | 9781479841042 | $32
Use coupon ASAM22-FM at checkout for 30% off
Winner, 2020 Peter C Rollins Prize, given by the Northeast Popular & American Culture Association Enables a reckoning with the legacy of the Forgotten War through literary and cinematic works of cultural memory
310 PG | PAPER | 9781479802418 | $30
IMMIGRATION AND DIASPORA MUSLIMS OF THE HEARTLAND
ADOPTING FOR GOD The Mission to Change America through Transnational Adoption
How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest
by Soojin Chung
Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentiethcentury transnational adoption movement
by Edward E. Curtis IV
Uncovers the surprising history of Muslim life in the early American Midwest
256 PG | CLOTH | 9781479812561 | $30
225 PG | PAPER | 9781479808854 | $30
FRAMED BY WAR
SETTLER COLONIALISM, RACE, AND THE LAW
Korean Children and Women at the Crossroads of US Empire
Why Structural Racism Persists
by Susie Woo
An intimate portrait of the postwar lives of Korean children and women In Nation of Nations
336 PG | PAPER | 9781479880539 | $32
by Natsu Taylor Saito
368 PG | CLOTH | 9780814723944 | $60
KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILIES IN IMMIGRANT AMERICA
A WAR-BORN FAMILY
African American Adoption in the Wake of the Korean War by Kori A. Graves
How Teens and Parents Navigate Race
The origins of a transnational adoption strategy that secured the future for Korean-black children
by Sumie Okazaki and Nancy Abelmann
An engaging ethnography of Korean American immigrant families navigating the United States 272 PG | PAPER | 9781479836680 | $32
328 PG | CLOTH | 9781479872329 | $45
JAPANESE AMERICAN ETHNICITY
TAKING BACK THE BOULEVARD
In Search of Heritage and Homeland Across Generations
Art, Activism, and Gentrification in Los Angeles by Jan Lin
by Takeyuki Tsuda
The promises and conflicts faced by public figures, artists, and leaders of Northeast Los Angeles as they enliven and defend their neighborhoods
Traces the contemporary ethnic experiences of Japanese Americans
352 PG | PAPER | 9781479810796 | $30
2021 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Magazine How taking Indigenous sovereignty seriously can help dismantle the structural racism encountered by other people of color in the United States In Citizenship and Migration in the Americas
256 PG | PAPER | 9781479895700 | $30
nyupress.org
MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE HIP HOP HERESIES
RACE & MEDIA
Queer Aesthetics in New York City
Critical Approaches
Edited by Lori Kido Lopez
by Shanté Paradigm Smalls
A foundational collection of essays that demonstrate how to study race and media In Critical Cultural Communication
Unearths the queer aesthetic origins of NYC hip hop In Postmillennial Pop
224 PG | PAPER | 9781479808205 | $28
344 PG | PAPER | 9781479889310 | $30
WHITER
OPEN WORLD EMPIRE
Edited by Nikki Khanna
by Christopher B. Patterson
Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism
Race, Erotics, and the Global Rise of Video Games
Heartfelt personal accounts from Asian American women on their experiences with skin color bias, from being labeled “too dark” to becoming empowered to challenge beauty standards 280 PG | PAPER | 9781479800292 | $25
344 PG | PAPER | 9781479895908 | $35
RACIALIZED MEDIA
THE SMELL OF RISK
The Design, Delivery, and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity
Environmental Disparities and Olfactory Aesthetics by Hsuan L. Hsu
Edited by Matthew W. Hughey and Emma González-Lesser
A timely exploration of how odor seeps into structural inequality
How media propagates and challenges racism
394 PG | PAPER | 9781479814558 | $35
John Hope Franklin Prize Finalist Seeking ways to understand video games beyond their imperial logics, Patterson turns to erotics to reinvigorate the potential passions and pleasures of play In Postmillennial Pop
272 PG | PAPER | 9781479810093 | $30
THE RACE CARD
FASHION AND BEAUTY IN THE TIME OF ASIA
From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities by Tara Fickle
Edited by S. Heijin Lee, Christina H. Moon and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
Winner, 2020 American Book Award, given by the Before Columbus Foundation How games have been used to establish and combat Asian American racial stereotypes In Postmillennial Pop 272 PG | PAPER | 9781479805952 | $30
Use coupon ASAM22-FM at checkout for 30% off
How transnational modernity is taking shape in and in relation to Asia In NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis 320 PG | PAPER | 9781479892846 | $30
WOMEN’S STUDIES THE FUTURE OF TECH IS FEMALE
GEEK GIRLS
Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley
How to Achieve Gender Diversity
by France Winddance Twine
An inside account of gender and racial discrimination in the high-tech industry
by Douglas M. Branson
An accessible and timely guide to increasing female presence and leadership in tech companies
336 PG | PAPER | 9781479806041 | $25
296 PG | CLOTH | 9781479803828 | $30
LEGALIZING SEX
WOMEN IN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS
Sexual Minorities, AIDS, and Citizenship in India by Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
How the rise of HIV in India resulted in government protections for gay groups, transgender people, and sex workers
208 PG | PAPER | 9781479826360 | $30
A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world In Women in Religions 232 PG | PAPER | 9781479803422 | $22
POLITICS AND ACTIVISM JUST HEALTH
RETHINKING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
Treating Structural Racism to Heal America by Dayna Bowen Matthew
The Politics of Disaster Recovery in New Orleans
The author of the bestselling Just Medicine reveals how racial inequality undermines public health and how we can change it
336 PG | CLOTH | 9781479802661 | $28
by Min Hee Go
Explores the unintended consequences of civic activism in a disaster-prone city
280 PG | PAPER | 9781479804900 | $30
BANNED
ORGANIZING WHILE UNDOCUMENTED
Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump
Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law
by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
Winner, 2020 Best Book Award, Law Category, given by the American Book Fest Examines immigration enforcement and discretion during the first eighteen months of the Trump administration 232 PG | PAPER | 9781479808731 | $19
by Kevin Escudero
208 PG | PAPER | 9781479834150 | $27
Finalist, 2020 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social Problems An inspiring look inside immigrant youth’s political activism in perilous times In Latina/o Sociology
nyupress.org
GREAT FOR COURSES OUR VOICES, OUR HISTORIES
CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICA, 3RD EDITION
Asian American and Pacific Islander Women
A Multidisciplinary Reader
Edited by Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura
Edited by Min Zhou and Anthony Christian Ocampo
An innovative anthology showcasing Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s histories 520 PG | PAPER | 9781479877010 | $35
292 PG | PAPER | 9781479803286 | $28
The third edition of the foundational volume in Asian American studies
688 PG | PAPER | 9781479826223 | $35
KEYWORDS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES
STUCK
Edited by Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, K. Scott Wong and Linda Trinh Võ
by Margaret M. Chin
Why Asian Americans Don’t Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder Winner, 2021 PROSE Award in the Business, Finance & Management Category A behind-the-scenes examination of Asian Americans in the workplace
Introduces key terms, research frameworks, debates, and histories for Asian American Studies In Keywords 232 PG | CLOTH | 9781479816811 | $28
FILIPINO STUDIES
GLOBAL ASIAN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURES
Palimpsests of Nation and Diaspora Edited by Martin F. Manalansan and Augusto Espiritu
Edited by Shilpa Dave, LeiLani Nishime and Tasha Oren
Examines both the genealogy of the Philippines’ hyphenated identity as well as the future trajectory of the field
464 PG | PAPER | 9781479884353 | $30
A toolkit for understanding how Asian Americans influence, consume and are reflected by mainstream media
400 PG | PAPER | ISBN | $30
THE COMPLEXITIES OF RACE
ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA ACTIVISM
Edited by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe
by Lori Kido Lopez
Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America
Fighting for Cultural Citizenship
Choice Top 25 Academic Title How activists and minority communities use media to facilitate social change and achieve cultural citizenship
Illuminates how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture and thinking have changed how race is understood today 304 PG | PAPER | 9781479801411 | $30
Use coupon ASAM22-FM at checkout for 30% off
272 PG | PAPER | 9781479866830 | $28
ASIAN STUDIES FROM OUR PARTNER PRESSES ETHNOGRAPHIES OF POWER
LOOKING TO REFRESH YOUR SYLLABUS?
Working Radical Concepts with Gillian Hart
Edited by Sharad Chari, Mark Hunter and Melanie Samson
NYU Press is pleased to offer complimentary desk and exam copies to qualified educators. nyupress.org/resources/for-educators 240 PG | CLOTH | 9781776147755 | $89
COLOUR, CLASS AND COMMUNITY - THE
BRICS AND THE NEW AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS, 1971-1994
Global rivalry and resistance Edited by Vishwas Satgar
by Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed
392 PG | PAPER | 9781776147151 | $30
Positions the history and inner workings of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s up to the first democratic elections in 1994 Published by Wits University Press
256 PG | PAPER | 9781776145287 | $35
VALUE AND CRISIS
India, COVID-19, and Global Finance
by Makoto Itoh
Analyzes Japanese contributions to Marxist theory Published by Monthly Review Press
How China’s Peasants Lost Collective Farming and Gained Urban Poverty by Zhun Xu
224 PG | PAPER | 9781583676981 | $25
by The Research Unit for Political Economy
216 PG | PAPER | 9781583679241 | $15
FROM COMMUNE TO CAPITALISM
An account of China’s transition into a global capitalist economy, as agrarian reform in the 1980s led Chinese peasants to industrial cities and into poverty Published by Monthly Review Press
Challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism Published by Wits University Press
CRISIS AND PREDATION
Essays on Marxian Economics in Japan, second edition
296 PG | PAPER | 9781583678985 | $29
Argues for an ethnographic and geographic approach to critically engage contemporary politicaleconomic processes in the context of real world struggles Published by Wits University Press
How India’s COVID-19 lockdown is creating an unprecedented humanitarian disaster Published by Monthly Review Press
CONNECT WITH US! @nyupress
nyupress.org
GET 30% OFF WITH COUPON
ASAM22-FM AT NYUPRESS.ORG
FEATURED TITLES
a
NYU Press is the distributor of New Village Press, University of Regina Press, and Wits University Press
@nyupress