Filipinx American Studies: Reckoning, Reclamation, Transformation (eng)

Bonus, Rick

ISBN 10: 0823299570 / ISBN 13: 9780823299577

Published by Fordham University Press, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Filipinx American Studies: Reckoning, Reclamation, Transformation (eng)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823299570
• ISBN 13: 9780823299577
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: new
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume spotlights the unique suitability and situatedness of Filipinx American studies both as a site for reckoning with the work of historicizing U.S. empire in all of its entanglements, as well as a location for reclaiming and theorizing the interlocking histories and contemporary trajectories of global capitalism, racism, sexism, and heteronormativity. It encompasses an interrogation of the foundational status of empire in the interdiscipline; modes of labor analysis and other forms of knowledge production; meaning-making in relation to language, identities, time, and space; the critical contours of Filipinx American schooling and political activism; the indispensability of relational thinking in Filipinx American studies; and the disruptive possibilities of Filipinx American formations. A catalogue of key resources and a selected list of scholarship are also provided.
Filipinx American Studies constitutes a coming-to-terms with not only the potentials and possibilities but also the disavowals, silences, and omissions that mark Filipinx American studies. It provides a reflective and critical space for thinking through the ways Filipinx American studies is uniquely and especially suited to the interrogation of the ongoing legacies of U.S. imperialism and the urgencies of the current period.
Contributors: Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Angelica J. Allen, Gina Apostol, Nerissa S. Balce, Joi Barrios-Leblanc, Victor Bascara, Jody Blanco, Alana Bock, Sony Coráñez Bolton, Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns, Richard T. Chu, Gary A. Colemnar, Kim Compoc, Denise Cruz, Reuben B. Deleon, Josen Masangkay Diaz, Robert Diaz, Kale Bantigue Fajardo, Theodore S. Gonzalves, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, Anna Romina Guevara, Allan Punzalan Isaac, Martin F. Manalansan IV, Dina C. Maramba, Cynthia Marasigan, Edward Nadurata, JoAnna Poblete, Anthony Bayani Rodriguez, Dylan Rodríguez, Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, J. A. Ruanto-Ramirez, Jeffrey Santa Ana, Dean Itsuji Saranillio, Michael Schulze-Oechtering, Sarita Echavez See, Roy B. Taggueg Jr.

About the Authors

Rick Bonus is Professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington. He is the author, most recently, of The Ocean in the School: Pacific Islander Students Transforming Their University.

Antonio T. Tiongson, Jr. is Associate Professor of English at Syracuse University. He is the author of Filipinos Represent: DJs, Racial Authenticity, and the Hip-hop Nation.

Angelica Allen is an assistant professor of Africana studies at Chapman University. She received her PhD in African and African diaspora studies from the University of Texas at Austin and holds an MA in Africana studies from New York University. Her book project explores a community in the Philippines known as the Black Amerasians, a population born from the union of African American military men and Filipina women. As both a member of the Black Amerasian community and a scholar of that community’s experiences, Angelica’s goal is to develop a research project dedicated to advancing social justice by granting more visibility to Black Amerasian perspectives. She is a visual artist and has been awarded fellowships from the Ford Foundation and the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African- American and African Studies.

Gina Apostol's fourth novel, Insurrecto, was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the 10 Best Books of 2018. Her third book, Gun Dealers’ Daughter, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book award. Her first two novels, Bibliolepsy and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, both won the Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel (Philippine National Book Award). Her most recent work has focused on the Philippine -American War and acts of narration as forms of invention and liberation. Her essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Foreign Policy, Gettysburg Review, Massachusetts Review, and others. She grew up in the Philippines and lives in New York City and western Massachusetts.

Nerissa Balce is the author of the book Body Parts of Empire. She works on Asian American literature, Filipinx studies, US popular culture, and the racial meanings of the Filipino body in the American imagination. She is an associate professor of Asian American studies at SUNY Stony Brook.