SUNY series in Global Modernity
Sites of Statelessness
Explores various unusual sites of statelessness like sea, cities, and laws, beyond mere legal and regulatory frameworks, that determines statelessness.
Hu Feng
A study of Hu Feng as a literary critic and case study on how intellectual work can respond to political pressure.
The Politics of People
Explores the cultural dimensions of protest and dissent in China, focusing on dramatic forms of bodily, spatial, strategic, and artistic performativity.
Found in Transition
Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China.
Forget Chineseness
Critiques the idea of a Chinese cultural identity and argues that such identities are instead determined by geopolitical and economic forces.
Undervalued Dissent
Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics.
Anarchism in Korea
A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea.
A History of Political Murder in Latin America
A sweeping study of political murder in Latin America.
Insurgent, Poet, Mystic, Sectarian
Discusses how contemporary Iranian and Middle Eastern thinkers and artists are forging a new postmodern vision.
Lost in Transition
Looks at the fate of Hong Kong’s unique culture since its reversion to China.
Excess and Masculinity in Asian Cultural Productions
Innovative analysis of the relationship of gender to East Asian economic development.
Precarious Liberation
Examines the relationship of precarious employment to state policies on citizenship and social inclusion in the context of postapartheid South Africa.
Toward Filipino Self-Determination
Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.
Paradigm City
Materially grounded analysis of contemporary film, literature, and music in Hong Kong that resists the superficial stereotypes of the “global city. ”