Fight the Tower - Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy (Paperback)

Asian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the particular ways they are marginalized by the intersectionalities of race and gender in academia. Although Asian American studies critics have long since debunked the model minority myth that constructs Asian Americans as the ideal academic subject, university administrators still treat Asian American women in academia as though they will simply show up and shut up. Consequently, because silent complicity is expected, power holders will punish and oppress Asian American women severely when they question or critique the system. However, change is in the air. Fight the Tower is a continuation of the Fight the Tower movement, which supports women standing up for their rights to claim their earned place in academia and to work for positive change for all within academic institutions. The essays provide powerful portraits, reflections, and analyses of a population often rendered invisible by the lies that sustain intersectional injustices in order to operate an oppressive system.

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2020
Editors:	Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde • Wei Ming Dariotis
Contributors:	Shirley Hune • Wp • Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde • Wei Ming Dariotis • Eliza Noh • Jane Junn • Mai’a K. Davis Cross • Cara Maffini Pham
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	492
ISBN-13:	978-1-978806-36-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General
LSN:	1-978806-36-1
Barcode:	9781978806368

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