Transpacific studies: The view from Asia

Abstract

Weiqiang Lin and Brenda Yeoh (Geography and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore), in "Transpacific Studies: The View from Asia," provide a cautionary argument about U.S. influence in studies of Asia, diaspora and the Transpacific. They propose a counter-hegemonic Transpacific Studies that valorizes the view from Asia, which would steer understandings surrounding the Pacific in a direction that is more socially progressive and critically sensitive.