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Afterword: Transnational Asian Studies—Toward More Inclusive Theory and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2022

Sonia Ryang
Sonia Ryang*
Affiliation:
Sonia Ryang (sonia.ryang@rice.edu) is T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Asian Studies in the Department of Transnational Asian Studies at Rice University.
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Abstract

Based on the articles in this “Global Asias” forum, this essay proposes that in order to build a meaningful bridge between Asian studies and Asian American studies, we must first face what needs to be critically overcome in Asian studies itself: persistent white male domination of the field, on the one hand, and historical role that the United States has played in Asia, on the other. One possibility is to adopt a transnational Asian studies approach, which advocates bringing Asian studies and Asian American studies together while also envisioning radical interdisciplinarity across Asian studies and African American studies, Latino/a studies, and Asian American studies. The key to pursuing such an approach would be to create a teaching and research environment of inclusion and collaboration.

Keywords

collaborationinclusiontransnational Asian studies
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Forum: Global Asias
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 80 , Issue 4 , November 2021 , pp. 1033 - 1044
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022

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