{"title":"Keisha A. Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeisha A. Brown’s works delve into the critical analysis of representation and identity within academic disciplines, offering a thoughtful exploration of cultural politics. Her writings challenge readers to reconsider prevailing narratives in Asian studies and beyond, making them essential for those interested in contemporary educational theory and social critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in rigorous scholarship, Brown’s books serve as insightful resources for educators, students, and anyone passionate about understanding the intersections of race, power, and knowledge. Expect illuminating discussions that broaden perspectives on how cultures are portrayed and understood within educational contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"who-is-the-asianist-the-politics-of-representation-in-asian-studies-by-keisha-a-brown-9781952636295","title":"Who Is the Asianist? – The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho Is the Asianist?\u003c\/em\u003e reconsiders the past, present, and future of Asian Studies through the lens of positionality, questions of authority, and an analysis of race with an emphasis on Blackness in Asia. From self-reflective essays on being a Black Asianist to the Black Lives Matter movement in Papua New Guinea, Japan, and Viet Nam, scholars grapple with the global significance of race and local articulations of difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther contributors call for a racial analysis of the figure of the Muslim as well as a greater transregional comparison of slavery and intra-Asian dynamics that can be better understood, for instance, from a Black feminist perspective or through the work of James Baldwin. As a whole, this diversified set of essays insists that the possibilities of change within Asian Studies occurs when, and only when, it reckons with the entirety of the scholars, geographies, and histories that it comprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428446945516,"sku":"9781952636295","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781952636295.jpg?v=1774496662"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/keisha-a-brown.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}