{"id":1609,"date":"2012-02-22T13:01:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T21:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amerasiajournal.org\/blog\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2012-03-21T13:25:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T20:25:02","slug":"transoceanic-flows-pacific-islander-interventions-across-the-american-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amerasiajournal.org\/blog\/?p=1609","title":{"rendered":"“Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Amerasia Journal<\/em> 38:1 — \u201cTransoceanic Flows:\u00a0 Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first extended treatment devoted to Pacific Islander Studies in Amerasia Journal<\/em>, \u201cTransoceanic Flows:\u00a0 Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire\u201d addresses the geographical expanse and methodological diversity that characterize this field.\u00a0 UCLA Professor Keith L. Camacho<\/strong> guest edits this special issue of Amerasia Journal<\/em> based on a 2009 symposium he organized entitled \u201cUnlearning the American Pacific.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cTransoceanic Flows\u201d surveys the broad geographies and demographies of the Pacific Islands, including the peoples and places of Guam, Hawai\u2018i, New Zealand, S\u0101moa, and beyond. \u00a0Covering a broad range of topics from football and Pacific Islander masculinities to an anthropological account of African American perspectives on race in Hawai\u2018i, there is methodological diversity and intellectual rigor and vigor reflected in memoir, poetry, visual art, and cross-genre creative work situated within cultural studies, critical theory, and anthropology.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransoceanic Flows\u201d includes:<\/p>\n

* Critical essays and new research from leading and emerging scholars in the field, such as Christine DeLisle, Vicente Diaz, John Eperjesi, Michelle Erai, Nitasha Sharma, and Nicole Starosielski.<\/p>\n

* Creative writing by renowned Samoan artist Dan Taulapapa McMullin and award-winning poets Craig Santos Perez and ku\u2018ualoha ho\u2018omanwanui.<\/p>\n

* Dialogues on the role of Pacific Islander Studies in undergraduate and graduate curricula, including contributions from the coordinators of the UCLA Hawai\u2018i Travel Study Program and students involved in the UCLA\u2019s Graduate Coalition of the Native Pacific.<\/p>\n

* Reviews of notable new books in Pacific Islander Studies<\/p>\n

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center will be celebrating the launch of \u201cTransoceanic Flows\u201d and education initiatives in Pacific Islander Studies in conjunction with the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum<\/strong><\/a> (PIEAM) in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, February 25, 2012.\u00a0 For information on the event, please visit: http:\/\/www.aasc.ucla.edu\/archives\/techpacific.asp.<\/p>\n

This issue of Amerasia Journal<\/em> costs $15.00 plus $5.00 for shipping and handling and 9.75 percent sales tax for California residents.\u00a0 Make checks payable to “Regents of U.C.”\u00a0 VISA, MASTERCARD, and DISCOVER are also accepted; include expiration date and phone number on correspondence.\u00a0 The mailing address is: UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, 3230 Campbell Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546.<\/p>\n

Phone:\u00a0 310-825-2968<\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0 aascpress@aasc.ucla.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Blog:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.amerasiajournal.org\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Annual subscriptions for Amerasia Journal<\/em> are $99.99 for individuals and $445.00 for libraries and other institutions.\u00a0 The institutional price includes access to the Amerasia Journal <\/em>online database, which has full-text versions of all Amerasia Journal<\/em> issues published since 1971.\u00a0 Amerasia Journal<\/em> is published three times a year:\u00a0 Winter, Spring, and Fall.<\/p>\n

Instructors interested in using \u201cTransoceanic Flows\u201d or other issues of Amerasia Journal<\/em> in the classroom should contact the above email address to request review copies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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