1st Edition

Asian Australian Cultural Politics in Education Local and Global Perspectives on Asian Racialisation and Anti-Asian Racism

Edited By Aaron Teo, Tisha Dejmanee, Ien Ang Copyright 2027
224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book delves into the dynamics of contemporary Asian racialisation and anti-Asian racism, exploring how these entangled phenomena shape the experiences of Asian communities across various education contexts. It focuses on the Australian context, with its unique and understudied cultural positioning, to provide a distinct analytical lens for examining the specificities of Asian... Read more

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Biography

Aaron Teo is a Critical Sociologist of Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He researches raced and gendered subjectivities of Asian migrant teachers and students, Asia literacy, and critical pedagogies. He serves on national advisory committees and holds multiple prestigious fellowships and awards.

Tisha Dejmanee is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Discipline of Digital and Social Media at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She received her PhD in Communication from the University of Southern California. She is the author of Postfeminism, Postrace and Digital Politics in Asian American Food Blogs (Routledge, 2023). She is currently Co-Chair of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN).

Ien Ang is a Professor of Cultural Studies at the Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, where she was the founding director and is currently an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow. She is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.