The "Asian American Literary & Cultural Studies" session explores various aspects of Asian American literary or cultural studies. The papers may: engage across disciplinary boundaries (e.g., Critical Race Theory, Critical Mixed Race, Postcolonial, Feminist, Queer, Marxist, and New Historical Studies); make connections to issues in the field at large (e.g., transnationalism, biopolitics, aesthetics, memory); focus on texts not often discussed; or attend to genres not often represented in Asian American literary and cultural studies. “Texts” here is defined broadly to include visual, performing, and digital arts, film, new media, disciplinary landscapes, geographic terrain, the politicized body (and more). Some may engage with the conference theme (“Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion") or the conference location (San Francisco/Bay Area). Ultimately, this panel addresses emergent issues to encourage robust conversations in the fields of Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies.
The "Asian American Literary & Cultural Studies" session invites proposals exploring various aspects of Asian American literary or cultural studies. The session seeks presentations that: engage across disciplinary boundaries (e.g., Critical Race Theory, Critical Mixed Race, Postcolonial, Feminist, Queer, Marxist, and New Historical Studies); make connections to issues in the field at large (e.g., transnationalism, biopolitics, aesthetics, memory); focus on texts not often discussed; or attend to genres not often represented in Asian American literary and cultural studies. “Texts” here is defined broadly to include visual, performing, and digital arts, film, new media, disciplinary landscapes, geographic terrain, the politicized body (and more). Proposals that engage with the conference theme (“Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion") or the conference location (San Francisco/Bay Area) are also welcome. Ultimately, we hope to address emergent issues to encourage robust conversations in the fields of Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies.