{"product_id":"fight-the-tower-asian-american-women-scholars-resistance-and-renewal-in-the-academy-hardback-9781978806375","title":"Fight the Tower; Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy (Hardback) 9781978806375","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFight the Tower\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAsian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKieu Linh Caroline Valverde (Edited by), Wei Ming Dariotis (Edited by), Shirley Hune (Contributions by), W P (Contributions by), Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde (Contributions by), Wei Ming Dariotis (Contributions by), Eliza Noh (Contributions by), Jane Junn (Contributions by), Mai’a K. Davis Cross (Contributions by), Cara Maffini Pham (Contributions by), Melody Yee (Contributions by), Jing Mai (Contributions by), Shannon Deloso (Contributions by), Kaozong N. Mouavangsou (Contributions by), Cindy Nhi Huynh (Contributions by), Akiko Takeyama (Contributions by), Rani Neutill (Contributions by), Brett J. Esaki (Contributions by), Grace J. Yoo (Contributions by), Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano (Contributions by), Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales (Contributions by), Genevieve Erin O’Brien (Contributions by), Robyn Magalit Rodriguez (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978806375\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e492 pages, 3 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFight the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e is engaging. Readers will immerse themselves in the lives of these authors, will readily find their own lives in these courageous narratives, and will find nurturing and applicable guidance.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Yolanda Flores Niemann (co-editor of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFight the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e is engaging. Readers will immerse themselves in the lives of these authors, will readily find their own lives in these courageous narratives, and will find nurturing and applicable guidance.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Yolanda Flores Niemann (co-editor of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A searing indictment of the oppressive working conditions encountered by Asian American women faculty and graduate students, and an inspiring chronicle of the struggles for liberation. This insightful volume should be read by everyone-including aspiring academics, junior and senior faculty, and university leaders.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Carmen Gonzalez (co-editor of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A searing indictment of the oppressive working conditions encountered by Asian American women faculty and graduate students, and an inspiring chronicle of the struggles for liberation. This insightful volume should be read by everyone-including aspiring academics, junior and senior faculty, and university leaders.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Carmen Gonzalez (co-editor of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/247595?key=j_DIeWIUtJsVs9ToXQRavg6C4zgpFiY9i2oVpvalZm33RwCbU8HTaFDEFPj0BcHhdk82S1EyZk9vOHVZU1NSeXdMNlpjVFo2UWo0NjhzMURNLXJ5dDFJaDByZw\"'\u003e\"Selected New Books on Higher Education,\" compiled by Ki-Jana Deadwyler and Ruth Hammond \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/247595\"'\u003ehttps:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/247595\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/247595?key=j_DIeWIUtJsVs9ToXQRavg6C4zgpFiY9i2oVpvalZm33RwCbU8HTaFDEFPj0BcHhdk82S1EyZk9vOHVZU1NSeXdMNlpjVFo2UWo0NjhzMURNLXJ5dDFJaDByZw\"'\u003e\"Selected New Books on Higher Education,\" compiled by Ki-Jana Deadwyler and Ruth Hammond \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/247595\"'\u003ehttps:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher\/247595\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFight the Tower \u003c\/i\u003eexplicitly challenges readers to action from the opening Women of Color in Academia Manifesto to the conclusion: turn research into action and join the movement to build a new academy of liberatory education that models and “fosters the kind of respect and empathy upon which social justice is built.”\u003c\/div\u003e (International Examiner) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFight the Tower \u003c\/i\u003eexplicitly challenges readers to action from the opening Women of Color in Academia Manifesto to the conclusion: turn research into action and join the movement to build a new academy of liberatory education that models and “fosters the kind of respect and empathy upon which social justice is built.”\u003c\/div\u003e (International Examiner)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAsian 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e However, change is in the air. \u003ci\u003eFight the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Taking Action: Asian American Faculty Against Injustices in the Academy\u003cbr\u003e Shirley Hune\u003cbr\u003e Section I: “\u003cbr\u003eFear is the Path to the Dark Side”\u003cbr\u003e: Introducing The Fight\u003cbr\u003e Waking\u003cbr\u003e WP\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: “\u003cbr\u003eThe Time to Fight is Now”\u003cbr\u003e: Asian American Women, Academia’\u003cbr\u003es Socially Engineered “\u003cbr\u003ePrivileged Oppressed,”\u003cbr\u003e Go Rogue\u003cbr\u003e Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde and Wei Ming Dariotis\u003cbr\u003e Section 2: “\u003cbr\u003eThat’\u003cbr\u003es No Moon!”\u003cbr\u003e: Attack of the Institution\u003cbr\u003e Who Killed Soek-Fang Sim?\u003cbr\u003e WP\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Unpacking the Master’\u003cbr\u003es Plan: Asian American Women Resisting the Language of Academic Imperialism\u003cbr\u003e Eliza Noh\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Investigating Discrimination: Injustice Against Women of Color in the Academy\u003cbr\u003e Jane Junn and Mai’\u003cbr\u003ea K. Davis Cross\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Killing Machine: Exposing the Health Threats to Asian American Women Scholars in Academia\u003cbr\u003e Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde, Cara Maffini Pham, Melody Yee, and Jing Mai\u003cbr\u003e Section 3: “\u003cbr\u003eYou Are Unwise to Lower Your Defenses”\u003cbr\u003e: The Phantom Menace\u003cbr\u003e The Cost of Speaking\u003cbr\u003e WP\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students Negotiating Power in Academia\u003cbr\u003e Shannon Deloso\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Hmong Does Not Mean Free: The Miseducation Of and By Hmong Americans\u003cbr\u003e Kaozong N. Mouavangsou\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: An Offering: Healing the Wounds and Ruptures of Graduate School\u003cbr\u003e Cindy Nhi Huynh\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Opening the Box: An International Asian Woman Scholar’\u003cbr\u003es Fight\u003cbr\u003e Akiko Takeyama\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: How to Leave Academia\u003cbr\u003e Rani Neutill\u003cbr\u003e Section 4: “\u003cbr\u003eDo. Or Do Not. There is No Try”\u003cbr\u003e: Radical Love as Pedagogy and Practice\u003cbr\u003e She Shall Not Be Moved\u003cbr\u003e WP\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Attack on the Spirit by the “\u003cbr\u003eRational World”\u003cbr\u003e (and Spiritual Recovery from It)\u003cbr\u003e Brett J. Esaki\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Care Work: The Invisible Labor of Asian American Women in Academia\u003cbr\u003e Wei Ming Dariotis and Grace J. Yoo\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Pain + Love = Growth: The Labor of Pinayist Pedagogical Praxis\u003cbr\u003e Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Mothering is Liberation: Giving Birth to Alagaan Pedagogy (Pedagogy of Care)\u003cbr\u003e Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: Resistance is Not Futile: From #adjuncthustle to Hell Yeah!\u003cbr\u003e Genevieve Erin O’\u003cbr\u003eBrien\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: Academic Symbiosis: A Manifesto on Tenure and Promotion in Asian American Studies\u003cbr\u003e Wei Ming Dariotis\u003cbr\u003e Section 5: The Academic Awakens: “\u003cbr\u003eWe Are One with the Force and the Force is One with Us”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke\u003cbr\u003e Wei Ming Dariotis  and Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde\u003cbr\u003e My Kintsuki\u003cbr\u003e WP\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Upward and Onward: Asian American Women’\u003cbr\u003es Legal Resistance\u003cbr\u003e Robyn Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52638343856408,"sku":"9781978806375","price":89.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fight-the-tower-asian-american-women-scholars-resistance-and-renewal-in-the-academy-hardback-9781978806375","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}