Displaying his customary erudition and insight, Gary Y. Okihiro rethinks the meaning of ethnic studies, highlighting the existence of a rich but often neglected tradition of anti-subordination scholarship capable of delineating and critiquing how the histories of imperialism and capitalism have shaped the fatal couplings of social identities and power. A generative and thought provoking-work by a sophisticated and advanced ... Read morethinker, Third World Studies will challenge many ethnic studies scholars and impact how ethnic studies will proceed to think of itself.
George Lipsitz, author of f American Studies in a Moment of Danger A bracing account of the phantom Third World studies, the field that never was. Gary Y. Okihiro has had his feet planted firmly in the fields of ethnic studies and global studies, two fields that would have been part of Third World studies, making him well-positioned to write this book.
Vijay Prashad, author of The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South Show Less