At once racially privileged and sexually marginalized, white women have been energetic in calling for solidarity among all women in opposing patriarchy, but have not been equally motivated to examine their own racial privilege. White Women in Racialized Spaces turns primarily to literature to illuminate the undeniable blind spots in white women's comprehension of their advantage. The contributors cover extensive historical ground, from early captivity narratives of white women in seventeenth-century America up to the present-day trials of Louise Woodward and Manjit Basuta, both British...

A century of Asian American writing has generated a forceful cascade of hold words. This anthology covers Asian American writing of all genres, sixty authors from the early years of the twentieth century to the present. Chinese, Fllipinoa, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Southeast Asian American writers are all well represented, with an equal split between male and female writers. The collection is divided into four genre sections, memoir, fiction, poetry, and drama. Each section opens with an introductory essay from an expert in that genre: Meena Alexander on memoir. Gary Pak on fiction,...

Deals with the extent to which South Asian Americans are and ought to be included within Asian America as that term is applied to academic programs and admission policies; grassroots community organizing and politics more broadly; and, critical analyses of cultural products.

Asks What is South Asian American writing and what insights can it offer us about living in the world at this particular moment of tense geopolitics and inter-linked economies?

An argument, based in history, law, literature, and philosophy, for empathy as an integral part of decisions about who will be designated an enemy of the state

This History presents a comprehensive history of Asian American literature, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the present day.