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HIGHLIGHTS FIERCE AND FEARLESS

THE RACIAL RAILROAD

Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress

by Julia H. Lee

by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

Reveals the legacy of the train as a critical site of race in the United States

The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative champion of Title IX

456 PG | CLOTH | 9781479808014 | $35

304 PG | PAPER | 9781479812776 | $30

LIKE WATER

PAIN GENERATION

A Cultural History of Bruce Lee

Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie

by Daryl Joji Maeda

by L. Ayu Saraswati

Highlights Bruce Lee’s influence beyond martial arts and film FORTHCOMING

352 PG | CLOTH | 9781479812868 | $30

Explores the perils and promise of feminist social media activism

224 PG | PAPER | 9781479808335 | $28

HYPER EDUCATION

THE INTIMACIES OF CONFLICT

Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough

Cultural Memory and the Korean War

by Pawan Dhingra

352 PG | PAPER | 9781479812660 | $19

An up-close look at the education arms race of afterschool learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate children NEW IN PAPERBACK

by Daniel Y. Kim

336 PG | PAPER | 9781479805365 | $29

THE OPPORTUNITY TRAP

THE COLORS OF LOVE Multiracial People in Interracial Relationships

High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program

by Melinda A. Mills

How multiracial people navigate the complexities of race and love

by Pallavi Banerjee

Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and their legally dependent spouses and families

336 PG | PAPER | 9781479841042 | $32

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Winner, 2020 Peter C Rollins Prize, given by the Northeast Popular & American Culture Association Enables a reckoning with the legacy of the Forgotten War through literary and cinematic works of cultural memory

310 PG | PAPER | 9781479802418 | $30

IMMIGRATION AND DIASPORA MUSLIMS OF THE HEARTLAND

ADOPTING FOR GOD The Mission to Change America through Transnational Adoption

How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest

by Soojin Chung

Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentiethcentury transnational adoption movement

by Edward E. Curtis IV

Uncovers the surprising history of Muslim life in the early American Midwest

256 PG | CLOTH | 9781479812561 | $30

225 PG | PAPER | 9781479808854 | $30

FRAMED BY WAR

SETTLER COLONIALISM, RACE, AND THE LAW

Korean Children and Women at the Crossroads of US Empire

Why Structural Racism Persists

by Susie Woo

An intimate portrait of the postwar lives of Korean children and women In Nation of Nations

336 PG | PAPER | 9781479880539 | $32

by Natsu Taylor Saito

368 PG | CLOTH | 9780814723944 | $60

KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILIES IN IMMIGRANT AMERICA

A WAR-BORN FAMILY

African American Adoption in the Wake of the Korean War

by Kori A. Graves

How Teens and Parents Navigate Race

The origins of a transnational adoption strategy that secured the future for Korean-black children

by Sumie Okazaki and Nancy Abelmann

An engaging ethnography of Korean American immigrant families navigating the United States 272 PG | PAPER | 9781479836680 | $32

328 PG | CLOTH | 9781479872329 | $45

JAPANESE AMERICAN ETHNICITY

TAKING BACK THE BOULEVARD

In Search of Heritage and Homeland Across Generations

Art, Activism, and Gentrification in Los Angeles

by Jan Lin

by Takeyuki Tsuda

The promises and conflicts faced by public figures, artists, and leaders of Northeast Los Angeles as they enliven and defend their neighborhoods

Traces the contemporary ethnic experiences of Japanese Americans

352 PG | PAPER | 9781479810796 | $30

2021 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Magazine How taking Indigenous sovereignty seriously can help dismantle the structural racism encountered by other people of color in the United States In Citizenship and Migration in the Americas

256 PG | PAPER | 9781479895700 | $30

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MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE HIP HOP HERESIES

RACE & MEDIA

Queer Aesthetics in New York City

Critical Approaches

Edited by Lori Kido Lopez

by Shanté Paradigm Smalls

A foundational collection of essays that demonstrate how to study race and media In Critical Cultural Communication

Unearths the queer aesthetic origins of NYC hip hop In Postmillennial Pop

224 PG | PAPER | 9781479808205 | $28

344 PG | PAPER | 9781479889310 | $30

WHITER

OPEN WORLD EMPIRE

Edited by Nikki Khanna

by Christopher B. Patterson

Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism

Race, Erotics, and the Global Rise of Video Games

Heartfelt personal accounts from Asian American women on their experiences with skin color bias, from being labeled “too dark” to becoming empowered to challenge beauty standards 280 PG | PAPER | 9781479800292 | $25

344 PG | PAPER | 9781479895908 | $35

RACIALIZED MEDIA

THE SMELL OF RISK

The Design, Delivery, and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity

Environmental Disparities and Olfactory Aesthetics

by Hsuan L. Hsu

Edited by Matthew W. Hughey and Emma González-Lesser

A timely exploration of how odor seeps into structural inequality

How media propagates and challenges racism

394 PG | PAPER | 9781479814558 | $35

John Hope Franklin Prize Finalist Seeking ways to understand video games beyond their imperial logics, Patterson turns to erotics to reinvigorate the potential passions and pleasures of play In Postmillennial Pop

272 PG | PAPER | 9781479810093 | $30

THE RACE CARD

FASHION AND BEAUTY IN THE TIME OF ASIA

From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities

by Tara Fickle

Edited by S. Heijin Lee, Christina H. Moon and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu

Winner, 2020 American Book Award, given by the Before Columbus Foundation How games have been used to establish and combat Asian American racial stereotypes In Postmillennial Pop 272 PG | PAPER | 9781479805952 | $30

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How transnational modernity is taking shape in and in relation to Asia In NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis 320 PG | PAPER | 9781479892846 | $30

WOMEN’S STUDIES THE FUTURE OF TECH IS FEMALE

GEEK GIRLS

Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley

How to Achieve Gender Diversity

by France Winddance Twine

An inside account of gender and racial discrimination in the high-tech industry

by Douglas M. Branson

An accessible and timely guide to increasing female presence and leadership in tech companies

336 PG | PAPER | 9781479806041 | $25

296 PG | CLOTH | 9781479803828 | $30

LEGALIZING SEX

WOMEN IN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

Sexual Minorities, AIDS, and Citizenship in India

by Chaitanya Lakkimsetti

by Karma Lekshe Tsomo

How the rise of HIV in India resulted in government protections for gay groups, transgender people, and sex workers

208 PG | PAPER | 9781479826360 | $30

A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world In Women in Religions 232 PG | PAPER | 9781479803422 | $22

POLITICS AND ACTIVISM JUST HEALTH

RETHINKING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

Treating Structural Racism to Heal America

by Dayna Bowen Matthew

The Politics of Disaster Recovery in New Orleans

The author of the bestselling Just Medicine reveals how racial inequality undermines public health and how we can change it

336 PG | CLOTH | 9781479802661 | $28

by Min Hee Go

Explores the unintended consequences of civic activism in a disaster-prone city

280 PG | PAPER | 9781479804900 | $30

BANNED

ORGANIZING WHILE UNDOCUMENTED

Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump

Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law

by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

Winner, 2020 Best Book Award, Law Category, given by the American Book Fest Examines immigration enforcement and discretion during the first eighteen months of the Trump administration 232 PG | PAPER | 9781479808731 | $19

by Kevin Escudero

208 PG | PAPER | 9781479834150 | $27

Finalist, 2020 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social Problems An inspiring look inside immigrant youth’s political activism in perilous times In Latina/o Sociology

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GREAT FOR COURSES OUR VOICES, OUR HISTORIES

CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICA, 3RD EDITION

Asian American and Pacific Islander Women

A Multidisciplinary Reader

Edited by Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura

Edited by Min Zhou and Anthony Christian Ocampo

An innovative anthology showcasing Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s histories 520 PG | PAPER | 9781479877010 | $35

292 PG | PAPER | 9781479803286 | $28

The third edition of the foundational volume in Asian American studies

688 PG | PAPER | 9781479826223 | $35

KEYWORDS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES

STUCK

Edited by Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, K. Scott Wong and Linda Trinh Võ

by Margaret M. Chin

Why Asian Americans Don’t Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder Winner, 2021 PROSE Award in the Business, Finance & Management Category A behind-the-scenes examination of Asian Americans in the workplace

Introduces key terms, research frameworks, debates, and histories for Asian American Studies In Keywords 232 PG | CLOTH | 9781479816811 | $28

FILIPINO STUDIES

GLOBAL ASIAN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURES

Palimpsests of Nation and Diaspora Edited by Martin F. Manalansan and Augusto Espiritu

Edited by Shilpa Dave, LeiLani Nishime and Tasha Oren

Examines both the genealogy of the Philippines’ hyphenated identity as well as the future trajectory of the field

464 PG | PAPER | 9781479884353 | $30

A toolkit for understanding how Asian Americans influence, consume and are reflected by mainstream media

400 PG | PAPER | ISBN | $30

THE COMPLEXITIES OF RACE

ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA ACTIVISM

Edited by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe

by Lori Kido Lopez

Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America

Fighting for Cultural Citizenship

Choice Top 25 Academic Title How activists and minority communities use media to facilitate social change and achieve cultural citizenship

Illuminates how recent shifts in demographics, policy, culture and thinking have changed how race is understood today 304 PG | PAPER | 9781479801411 | $30

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272 PG | PAPER | 9781479866830 | $28

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LOOKING TO REFRESH YOUR SYLLABUS?

Working Radical Concepts with Gillian Hart

Edited by Sharad Chari, Mark Hunter and Melanie Samson

NYU Press is pleased to offer complimentary desk and exam copies to qualified educators. nyupress.org/resources/for-educators 240 PG | CLOTH | 9781776147755 | $89

COLOUR, CLASS AND COMMUNITY - THE

BRICS AND THE NEW AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

NATAL INDIAN CONGRESS, 1971-1994

Global rivalry and resistance Edited by Vishwas Satgar

by Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed

392 PG | PAPER | 9781776147151 | $30

Positions the history and inner workings of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s up to the first democratic elections in 1994 Published by Wits University Press

256 PG | PAPER | 9781776145287 | $35

VALUE AND CRISIS

India, COVID-19, and Global Finance

by Makoto Itoh

Analyzes Japanese contributions to Marxist theory Published by Monthly Review Press

How China’s Peasants Lost Collective Farming and Gained Urban Poverty

by Zhun Xu

224 PG | PAPER | 9781583676981 | $25

by The Research Unit for Political Economy

216 PG | PAPER | 9781583679241 | $15

FROM COMMUNE TO CAPITALISM

An account of China’s transition into a global capitalist economy, as agrarian reform in the 1980s led Chinese peasants to industrial cities and into poverty Published by Monthly Review Press

Challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism Published by Wits University Press

CRISIS AND PREDATION

Essays on Marxian Economics in Japan, second edition

296 PG | PAPER | 9781583678985 | $29

Argues for an ethnographic and geographic approach to critically engage contemporary politicaleconomic processes in the context of real world struggles Published by Wits University Press

How India’s COVID-19 lockdown is creating an unprecedented humanitarian disaster Published by Monthly Review Press

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