{"product_id":"laughing-back-at-empire-the-grassroots-activism-of-the-asianadian-magazine-1978-1985-9781772840292","title":"Laughing Back at Empire: The Grassroots Activism of The Asianadian Magazine, 1978–1985","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAsian Canadian activism, resistance, and art of the 1970s and 80s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLaughing Back at Empire\u003c\/em\u003e is a groundbreaking examination of \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAsianadian\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eone of Canada’s first anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic magazines. Over the course of its seven-year run, the small but mighty magazine led a nation-wide dialogue for all Canadians on the struggles and social issues that concerned Asians in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Asianadian \u003c\/em\u003eestablished a national platform for then-emerging Asian-Canadian writers, artists, musicians, activists, and scholars like Sky Lee, Jim Wong-Chu, Joy Kogawa, Himani Bannerji, and Paul Yee. Columns like “On the Firing Line” and the “Dubious Achievement Awards” provided space to laugh back at the embarrassing concoction of Orientalist stereotypes in the media and to critique inconsistencies and superficialities within Canada’s newfound multicultural image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSituating the story of \u003cem\u003eThe Asianadian \u003c\/em\u003ewithin the history of Canada, Angie Wong celebrates and builds on the work of its creators from the Asianadian Resource Workshop. The extensive interview material with the co-founding members, editors, volunteers, readers, and contributors captures their dedication and spirit of anti-racist collectivism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the collective did before her, Wong’s work helps to dismantle cultural assumptions that have relegated Asian Canadian history, contributions, and injustices to the periphery of Canadian experience and identity. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic and a resurgence of anti-Asian racism, \u003cem\u003eLaughing Back at Empire \u003c\/em\u003eamplifies the voices that speak, shout, and laugh together at empire’s self-congratulatory and exclusionary narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Cheuk Kwan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound Poem by Terry Watada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Then and Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: “Yellow History Is Big” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: The First of Its Kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Laughing at the Dubious Nation: Canada on the Firing Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Hybridity and Resistance in Theory and Practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Gum San Sits on the Turtle’s Back: Writing for Posterity and the Future of the Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863826760023,"sku":"9781772840292","price":22.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781772840292.jpg?v=1759921193","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/laughing-back-at-empire-the-grassroots-activism-of-the-asianadian-magazine-1978-1985-9781772840292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}