{"product_id":"samurai-among-panthers-richard-aoki-on-race-resistance-and-a-paradoxical-life-paperback-softback-9780816677870","title":"Samurai Among Panthers; Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816677870","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSamurai Among Panthers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRichard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDiane C. Fujino (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816677870\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm, 0.706 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\u003cp\u003e\"My friend Richard Aoki was there when Huey P. Newton and I founded our Black Panther Party, discussing political analysis and seeking critique approval of our Ten Point Program. This book is a necessary kind of reading that illuminates my friend’s political revolutionary life’s meaning: Richard Aoki’s reverence.\" -Bobby Seale, founding Chairman and National Organizer of the Black Panther Party\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Aoki straddled the worlds of ethnicity by the radical bridge he built through his engagement with an authentic, even saucy American radicalism. Diane C. Fujino unearths Richard’s story with sympathy and warmth, and in the process redeems the legacy of a remarkable American radical.\" -Vijay Prashad, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Nations: A People's History Of The Third World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSamurai among Panthers \u003c\/i\u003eis a bracing, honest, and revealing biography. The book is a powerful reminder that although social movements operate collectively within social and political contexts, they are ultimately enacted by individuals who, like Richard Aoki, are flawed, complicated, dedicated, and visionary.\" -Daryl J. Maeda, author of \u003ci\u003eRethinking the Asian American Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn iconic figure of the Asian American movement, Richard Aoki (1938–2009) was also, as the most prominent non-Black member of the Black Panther Party, a key architect of Afro-Asian solidarity in the 1960s and ’70s. His life story exposes the personal side of political activism as it illuminates the history of ethnic nationalism and radical internationalism in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA reflection of this interconnection, \u003ci\u003eSamurai among Panthers\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together two narratives: Aoki’s dramatic first-person chronicle and an interpretive history by a leading scholar of the Asian American movement, Diane C. Fujino. Aoki’s candid account of himself takes us from his early years in Japanese American internment camps to his political education on the streets of Oakland, to his emergence in the Black Panther Party. As his story unfolds, we see how his parents’ separation inside the camps and his father’s illegal activities shaped the development of Aoki’s politics. Fujino situates his life within the context of twentieth-century history-World War II, the Cold War, and the protests of the 1960s. She demonstrates how activism is both an accidental and an intentional endeavor and how a militant activist practice can also promote participatory democracy and social service. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result of these parallel voices and analysis in \u003ci\u003eSamurai among Panthers\u003c\/i\u003e is a complex-and sometimes contradictory-portrait of a singularly extraordinary activist and an expansion and deepening of our understanding of the history he lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Demystifying the Japanese Radical Cat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. “My Happy Childhood That I Don’t Remember”\u003cbr\u003eDisrupting the Deviant–Noble Binary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. “Protecting the Japanese”\u003cbr\u003eThe Ungrieved Trauma of Internment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. “Learning to Do the West Oakland Dip”\u003cbr\u003eMasculinity, Race, and Citizenship in Postwar Oakland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. “I Was a Man by the Standards of the ’Hood”\u003cbr\u003eMilitary Misadventures and Cold War Masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. “My Identification Went with the Aspirations of the Masses”\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Left, Third World Radicalism, and Vietnam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. “The Greatest Political Opportunity of My Life”\u003cbr\u003eJoining the Black Panther Party\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. “Support All Oppressed Peoples”\u003cbr\u003eFounding the Asian American Political Alliance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. “Learning to Fly on the Way Down”\u003cbr\u003eThe TWLF Strike and the Duality of Education\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. “A Community-Oriented Academic Unit”\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth of Asian American Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. “An Advocate for the Students”\u003cbr\u003eThe Counselor, Instructor, and Administrator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. “At Least I Was There”\u003cbr\u003eA Rebirth in Activism for Freedom, Justice, and Equality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Reflecting on a Movement Icon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570079625496,"sku":"9780816677870","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/samurai-among-panthers-richard-aoki-on-race-resistance-and-a-paradoxical-life-paperback-softback-9780816677870","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}