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Douglas S. Ishii’s research writing theorizes Asian American relational racialization, focusing on World War II and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. He is currently completing a book titled 'Something Real: Asian American Arts Criticism and Racialization Sophistication,' which studies how protocols and methods in the study of panethnic and politicized Asian American art emerged from the Asian American Movement (1968-1977). The book tracks the afterlife of the Asian American Movement, examining how artists, activists, and critics in the post-Civil Rights era navigated a depoliticizing zeitgeist of liberal diversity. His work has been recognized with awards from the Simpson Center for the Humanities and Citizens & Scholars. Douglas's writing addresses topics such as race-conscious critique, the critique of neoliberalism, middlebrow politics of diversity, and queerness in Asian diaspora settler nations. His articles have appeared in 'Camera Obscura', 'American Quarterly', and the 'Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature and Culture'. He has also contributed to edited collections like 'Techno-Orientalism' and 'Global Asian American Popular Cultures', and was a finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary Award. Additionally, his 2022 article in 'American Literature' received an Honorable Mention for the year's Norman Foerster Prize.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Teaches courses on U.S. queer literature, multiethnic campus stories, Transpacific Asian American literatures, and race genre fiction.
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