“[A] wide-ranging and thorough-going critique of multiculturalism and identity politics. . . . This drawing together and reassessment of the methodologies of Ethnic Studies makes this book an excellent candidate for use in upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses. . . . Readers will also encounter a refreshing accessibility and clarity difficult to find in the field.” — Joel Wendland , Philippine Forum
“E. San Juan Jr’s latest book, Racism and Cultural Studies, deftly explores current trends in academic thought and political theory . . . . Indispensable as a critique of some current directions in Ethnic Studies and Cultural Studies . . . . San Juan brilliantly unfolds the purposes and results of postmodernist cultural studies. . . . Racism and Cultural Studies eloquently and at times wittily traverses a wide range of recent trends that have moved away from collective struggles, social analyses in favor of individualized ‘modes of resistance’ that undergird the culture of consumption that characterizes late capitalism.” — Rachel Peterson , Nature Society and Thought
“It is one of San Juan’s virtues that even as he is made distant from the country of his beginnings, he persists to remember his people’s democratic aspirations that are not entirely separate or entirely different from his own: necessarily mutual but not necessarily the same in other words. San Juan’s example reminds us, thus, that the engagement between center and periphery and between periphery in center and center in periphery, far from being unproductive and ambiguous, is in fact a functional and purposeful one . . . .” — Charles Samuyaveric , XCP
"Racism and Cultural Studies . . . is a wide-ranging and thorough-going critique of multiculturalism and identity politics. . . . Readers will encounter a refreshing accessibility and clarity difficult to find in the field." — Joel Wendland , CEA Forum
"[A] crucial intervention for our times. . . . [F]resh and innovative. . . . An interdisciplinary tour de force. . . . I urge all of us to engage San Juan’s Racism and Cultural Studies. . . . After a careful reading of this book, one will appreciate its ability to articulate in new and imaginative ways a politics of hope in these perilous times—its ability to provide an intervention that can, to quote Raymond Williams, ‘make hope practical, rather than despair convincing’. . . ." — Jerry Cabusao , Panay News
"[A] much-needed, critical examination of multiculturalism. . . . This book is a wonderful kick in the pants." — Asian Week
"[D]eftly explores current trends in academic thought and political theory to show the complicity of postmodernism with global capitalism. . . . Racism and Cultural Studies eloquently and at times wittily traverses a wide range of recent trends that have moved away from collective struggles, and social analyses in favor of individualized 'modes of resistance' that undergird the culture of consumption that characterizes late capitalism. In the process a host of academics are debunked while a selection of activists/theorists are given new life, as part of the book's trajectory wherein our contemporary academic and global terrain is elucidated and the direction we ought to follow is mapped out." — Rachel Peterson , Against the Current
"This book is a sophisticated addition to the growing body of critical work evaluating multiculturalism and the 'politics of difference.'" — Hasmita Ramji , Ethnic and Racial Studies
“An important, stringent critique of the hegemonic versions of multiculturalism touted in both popular and academic spheres. San Juan provides a new reality to contend with—a new version of the present, one in which erased histories of racism, oppression, exploitation, and the struggle of marginalized groups are restored.” — Neferti X. M. Tadiar, University of California, Santa Cruz
“An invigorating analysis and soul-searching critique of contemporary controversies regarding multiculturalism and the centrality of race/culture/class in confronting politics of difference. San Juan casts a wide net, but he handles the workings and intricacies of contemporary politics regarding nationalism, immigration, and revolutionary struggle with much deftness, insightful grounding, and energy.” — Rick Bonus, University of Washington