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Asian Canada Is Burning
Theories, Methods, Pedagogies, and Praxes
Series: - Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 299
Asian Canada is Burning is an invitation to trouble the mobilization of âanti-Asian hateâ in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic. Bringing together activists, organizers, academic, and artists, this book explores the historical and contemporary conditions that make theorizing âAsian Canadianâ feasible. Grounded in a transnational queer and feminist lens, this book also aims to envision possible futures and solidarities. Ultimately, this collection is concerned with moments and places of tensions, confrontations, relations, and solidarity. We offer stories of insurgent encounters as people who identify as âAsianâ navigate and implicate settler colonial nation-state to make new dreams, histories and intimacies.
Rose Ann Torres, Ph.D. is the Director and Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Algoma University. Dr. Torres pioneered the creation of a Master of Social Work at Algoma University. She is the principal investigator of the SSHRC Insight Development Grants research project entitled âExamining Access to Mental Health Care Service: The Impact of COVID-19 on Filipino Health Care Workers in Northern Ontarioâ and co-principal investigator of the SSHRC Institutional Grants project titled âEffects of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning: Stories of Indigenous and Black and Asian Faculty Members and Students at Algoma Universityâ. She has published numerous co-edited books, peer reviewed articles and book chapters.
Ian Liujia Tian is an Assistant Professor of Global Equity Studies in the Department of Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. Their research focuses broadly on the political economy of gender and sexuality in transnational contexts. They situate their research in queer Marxism, queer/trans of color critique, transnational feminism, and Asian Canadian/Asian studies.
Coly Chau has a Master of Education in Social Justice Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Her research interests include race, gender, sexuality, migration, anti-colonial thought and spirituality. They are interested in the unearthing and reclamation of knowledges for the purposes of imagining and working toward decolonial and liberatory futures. They are often working, organizing and learning in their communities.
Ian Liujia Tian is an Assistant Professor of Global Equity Studies in the Department of Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. Their research focuses broadly on the political economy of gender and sexuality in transnational contexts. They situate their research in queer Marxism, queer/trans of color critique, transnational feminism, and Asian Canadian/Asian studies.
Coly Chau has a Master of Education in Social Justice Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Her research interests include race, gender, sexuality, migration, anti-colonial thought and spirituality. They are interested in the unearthing and reclamation of knowledges for the purposes of imagining and working toward decolonial and liberatory futures. They are often working, organizing and learning in their communities.
"This compelling anthology gathers vital perspectives on why solidarity matters, and how it offers us ways to live ethically, placing love and respect at the heart of our lifeworlds. In sharing stories, perspectives, and values that challenge and resist unjust, oppressive structures, the contributors light a path for us to think and act towards the worlds we need, worlds joyfully and tearfully built together through struggle, study and stamina."
- Rita Wong, Associate Professor, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
"Burning with passion and intelligence, this anthology showcases a new generation of scholars and activists working in Asian Canadian Studies. Combining strong academic rigour with deeply personal perspectives, the book examines the complexity of colonial and diasporic histories, the intimate relationality amongst racial, sexual, and gendered embodiments, and the challenges and joy of building solidarity across identities. Asian Canada Is Burning shines both as an inspired reexamination of the field and a handbook of praxis in organizing for a more just future."
- Helen Hok-Sze Leung. Professor, Simon Fraser University
"Asian Canada is Burning is an intellectually incisive, politically committed and timely contribution! The artists, activists and academics whose stories and analyses populate the volumeâs pages expand what and how we know, and beautifully showcase the ambitious and capacious praxis of Asian Canadian critique as a scholarly formation and social justice project. I am immensely thankful for this beautiful and necessary gift!" - John Paul Catungal, Assistant Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia
- Rita Wong, Associate Professor, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
"Burning with passion and intelligence, this anthology showcases a new generation of scholars and activists working in Asian Canadian Studies. Combining strong academic rigour with deeply personal perspectives, the book examines the complexity of colonial and diasporic histories, the intimate relationality amongst racial, sexual, and gendered embodiments, and the challenges and joy of building solidarity across identities. Asian Canada Is Burning shines both as an inspired reexamination of the field and a handbook of praxis in organizing for a more just future."
- Helen Hok-Sze Leung. Professor, Simon Fraser University
"Asian Canada is Burning is an intellectually incisive, politically committed and timely contribution! The artists, activists and academics whose stories and analyses populate the volumeâs pages expand what and how we know, and beautifully showcase the ambitious and capacious praxis of Asian Canadian critique as a scholarly formation and social justice project. I am immensely thankful for this beautiful and necessary gift!" - John Paul Catungal, Assistant Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
1âIntroduction
ââIan Liujia Tian, Coly Chau and Rose Ann Torres
Part 1
Situating Asia(ns) beyond Settler Canadian Nationalism
2âTearing Down Walls: Rethinking White Domesticity in the Context of Cultural Domicide
ââShelly Ikebuchi
3âUnpacking the Festival of Diwali in Canada: Where Have Rama, Sita, and Lakshman Gone?
ââRajni Mala Khelawan
4âSeeking Pappyâs Approval
ââKrystal Jagoo
5âVulnerable Resisters: Decolonizing Voices of Asian Migrants in a Settler Colonial and Religious Context
ââHyejung Jessie Yum
6âUnboxing Our Narrative of Space and Place: An Unsettling Dance of (Un)Belonging
ââJose Miguel Esteban
Part 2
Gender, Sexuality and Other Intimacies
7âThe Bee
ââElisha Lim
8âLabour, Intimacy and Diaspora: Queer Asian Studies in Canada
ââIan Liujia Tian
9âThe Past in the Present: An Encounter between Gay Asians of Toronto and New Ho Queen
ââSam Yoon
10âLove Intersections: Queer Sensibilities and Relationality in Art and Cultural Production
ââDavid Ng and Jenn Sungshine
11âEmergent Asian-Canadian Feminisms: Insights from Young Filipina/x Feminist Scholar-Organizers
ââMonica Batac, Julia Baladad, Psalmae Tesalona, Chloe Rodriguez and France Clare Stohner
Part 3
Building Solidarities
12âThe Butterfly Effect: Asian Massage Parlour and Sex Workers and Historical Chinese Laundries Fighting By-Laws and Organizing Towards Justice
ââColy Chau and Elene Lam
13âAsian Canadian Workers Organizing: The Making of the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance
ââAnna Liu
14âLove Letters to Asian Canadian Studies: On Ethical Solidarities and Decolonial Futures
ââJaney Lew
15âDumpster Fires, Burning Affects
ââMalissa Phung
16âInternationalist Solidarity: Palestinian Liberation,bds , and the Struggle against Normalization
ââBoycott, Divest and Sanction Toronto
17âConclusion: Asian Futurism as Living Labour
ââIan Liujia Tian
Index
Notes on Contributors
1âIntroduction
ââIan Liujia Tian, Coly Chau and Rose Ann Torres
Part 1
Situating Asia(ns) beyond Settler Canadian Nationalism
2âTearing Down Walls: Rethinking White Domesticity in the Context of Cultural Domicide
ââShelly Ikebuchi
3âUnpacking the Festival of Diwali in Canada: Where Have Rama, Sita, and Lakshman Gone?
ââRajni Mala Khelawan
4âSeeking Pappyâs Approval
ââKrystal Jagoo
5âVulnerable Resisters: Decolonizing Voices of Asian Migrants in a Settler Colonial and Religious Context
ââHyejung Jessie Yum
6âUnboxing Our Narrative of Space and Place: An Unsettling Dance of (Un)Belonging
ââJose Miguel Esteban
Part 2
Gender, Sexuality and Other Intimacies
7âThe Bee
ââElisha Lim
8âLabour, Intimacy and Diaspora: Queer Asian Studies in Canada
ââIan Liujia Tian
9âThe Past in the Present: An Encounter between Gay Asians of Toronto and New Ho Queen
ââSam Yoon
10âLove Intersections: Queer Sensibilities and Relationality in Art and Cultural Production
ââDavid Ng and Jenn Sungshine
11âEmergent Asian-Canadian Feminisms: Insights from Young Filipina/x Feminist Scholar-Organizers
ââMonica Batac, Julia Baladad, Psalmae Tesalona, Chloe Rodriguez and France Clare Stohner
Part 3
Building Solidarities
12âThe Butterfly Effect: Asian Massage Parlour and Sex Workers and Historical Chinese Laundries Fighting By-Laws and Organizing Towards Justice
ââColy Chau and Elene Lam
13âAsian Canadian Workers Organizing: The Making of the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance
ââAnna Liu
14âLove Letters to Asian Canadian Studies: On Ethical Solidarities and Decolonial Futures
ââJaney Lew
15âDumpster Fires, Burning Affects
ââMalissa Phung
16âInternationalist Solidarity: Palestinian Liberation,
ââBoycott, Divest and Sanction Toronto
17âConclusion: Asian Futurism as Living Labour
ââIan Liujia Tian
Index
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