Orientations

"Orientations is the latest of a number of exciting studies to identify current themes and to consolidate three decades of academic scholarship and discourse in Asian American studies. . . . [T]here is much talent and versatility in the research of the mostly Asian American authors, who range from new scholars to established academics and who hail from various academic disciplines, including history, English, law, anthropology, ethnic studies, comparative literature, theatre, dance, and Asian American studies. A strong introduction by the two editors provides a conceptual framework to the volume. . . ." - Jennifer W. Jay , Canadian Literature

"[Chuh and Shimakawa] inaugurate a series of questions and avenues of inquiry that will undoubtedly reshape how projects are envisioned in Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, and American Studies and will resonate with the best work coming from these fields. Their project is ambitious and wide-reaching, and the stakes of their projects are correspondingly high." - Grace Kyungwon Hong , Diaspora

"[W]ill prove valuable not only to those in the two fields directly addressed but also to anyone interested in the theoretical and practical difficulties (and possibilities) of crossing discipline boundaries. . . . This volume is significant because it is the first to address the fraught linkages and disconnections between Asian studies and Asian American studies. Its strength lies in the range of scholars it brings together: from heavyweight senior scholars . . . to more junior scholars. . . from Asian Americanists trained in traditional disciplines, Ethnic studies and/or Asian studies, to Asian studies specialists working in or between Asian studies, Asian American studies, and traditional fields; and from those based in the United States to those based abroad." - Dorothy Wang, Journal of Asian American Studies

“Bristling with provocations, this timely collection of intoxicating essays interrogates the margins of disciplinary and institutional centers, revealing unsettling glimpses of the intellectual and material investments in ‘Asia,’ ‘America,’ and the fields that figure and are configured by them.” - Gary Y. Okihiro, author of Margins and Mainstreams: Asians in American History and Culture