[Commlist] New Book: Asians on Demand: Mediating Race in Video Art and Activism

The book /Asians on Demand: Mediating Race in Video Art and Activism/ is 
now out.

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/asians-on-demand 
<https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/asians-on-demand>
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While the past decade has witnessed a push for increased diversity in 
visual media, /Asians on Demand/ grapples with the pressing question of 
whether representation is enough to advance racial justice. Surveying a 
contemporary, cutting-edge archive of video works from the Asian 
diaspora in North America, Europe, and East Asia, this book uncovers the 
ways that diasporic artists challenge the narrow—and 
damaging—conceptions of Asian identity pervading mainstream media.

Through an engagement with grassroots activist documentaries, 
experimental video diaries by undocumented and migrant workers, and 
works by high-profile media artists such as Hito Steyerl and Ming Wong, 
Feng-Mei Heberer showcases contemporary video productions that trouble 
the mainstream culture industry’s insistence on portraying ethnic Asians 
as congenial to dominant neoliberal values.

Employing feminist, racial, and queer critiques of the contemporary 
media landscape, /Asians on Demand /highlights how the dynamics of Asian 
representation play out differently in Germany, the United States, 
Taiwan, and Spain. Rather than accepting the notion that inclusion 
requires an uncomplicated set of appearances, the works explored in this 
volume spotlight a staunch resistance to formulating racial identity as 
an instantly accessible consumer product.
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You can get 40% off with the code MN90530 on the University of Minnesota 
Press website: 
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/asians-on-demand 
<https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/asians-on-demand> (through 
December 15, 2023).
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