{"product_id":"samurai-among-panthers-9780816677870","title":"Samurai among Panthers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first biography of Asian American activist and Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Demystifying the Japanese Radical Cat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. “My Happy Childhood That I Don’t Remember”\u003cbr\u003eDisrupting the Deviant–Noble Binary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. “Protecting the Japanese”\u003cbr\u003eThe Ungrieved Trauma of Internment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. “Learning to Do the West Oakland Dip”\u003cbr\u003eMasculinity, Race, and Citizenship in Postwar Oakland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. “I Was a Man by the Standards of the ’Hood”\u003cbr\u003eMilitary Misadventures and Cold War Masculinity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. “My Identification Went with the Aspirations of the Masses”\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Left, Third World Radicalism, and Vietnam\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e8. “Learning to Fly on the Way Down”\u003cbr\u003eThe TWLF Strike and the Duality of Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. “A Community-Oriented Academic Unit”\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth of Asian American Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. “An Advocate for the Students”\u003cbr\u003eThe Counselor, Instructor, and Administrator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. “At Least I Was There”\u003cbr\u003eA Rebirth in Activism for Freedom, Justice, and Equality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Reflecting on a Movement Icon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405968515415,"sku":"9780816677870","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816677870.jpg?v=1730494083","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/samurai-among-panthers-9780816677870","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}