Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Transforming Lives: Hmong Women, Gender & Power

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> December 2, 2011
>
> Call for papers: Transforming Lives: Hmong Women, Gender and Power--
> an edited volume of essays
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> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> Call for Papers
> Date Submitted: 2011-11-30
> Announcement ID: 190140
>
> Transforming Lives: Hmong Women, Gender and Power
> Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2012
>
> Chia Youyee Vang, Faith Nibbs, and Ma Vang, Editors
>
> In the limited popular and academic narratives about Hmong
> refugees/Americans, discussions about Hmong women often associate them
> with the family, which reinforces a link with domesticity and
> reproduction. Hmong women are also portrayed as victims of their
> patriarchal society. These representations can underscore perceptions
> of Hmong culture as hindering womens assimilation into American
> society and perpetuating violence against women. The few monographs
> that have been published about Hmong women view them within the
> limited framework of tradition versus modernity and also interpret
> Hmong culture as oppressive to women. Existing scholarship thus misses
> the opportunity to explain the complexity of Hmong American women in
> the context of globalization, and to situate them within the growing
> body of scholarship that highlights the troublesome place of Asian
> women at the intersection of racial difference and productive worker
> to emphasize ways they empower their lives and communities. We propose
> a collection of essays that goes beyond portrayals of victimhood in
> war, violence, and displacement to foreground ways in which Hmong
> (refugee) women exert agency and transform both their own lives and
> those of others. This volume will interrogate the racial and gendered
> logics of displacement and migration, as well as the paradigms of
> culture and patriarchy.
>
> As the first edited volume focusing on Hmong women, this project
> demands an innovative interdisciplinary approach in which we borrow
> from different theoretical frameworks to generate a materially rich
> and conceptually rigorous dialogue. Therefore, we seek essays that
> explore myriad perspectives and involve a range of disciplinary
> approaches. These include critical race theory, diasporic and
> transnational frameworks, gender and migration studies, feminist
> critique, media studies, and ethnography. We are also open to other
> perspectives and methods.
>
> We invite contributions on Hmong women and empowerment that engage
> with but are not limited to the following topics: history, politics,
> education, community organizing/activism, religion, motherhood, ritual
> performance, gender and sexuality, business, media, culture, race
> relations, development, and artistic expression. We are in
> conversation with the University of Minnesota Press about publishing
> this edited book.
>
> Please send a 250-300 word abstract and one page CV by January 31,
> 2012 via email to Chia Youyee Vang at vangcy@uwm.edu. Selected
> abstracts will be notified by February 29, 2012.
>
>
> Chia Youyee Vang, Associate Professor
> Department of History
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> 324 Holton Hall
> P.0. Box 413
> Milwaukee, WI 53201
> Phone: (414) 229-1101
> Fax: (414) 229-2435
> Email: vangcy@uwm.edu
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