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This article explores some of the benefits and limitations of Cultural Studies in Asian studies with particular reference to the expression of Asian-Australian identity in diaspora. It has been suggested that the influence of Cultural Studies – a discipline that is viewed as more globally relevant – may be an answer to the Asian studies "crisis". In relation to the Cultural Studies approach to Asian-Australian identity, I argue that the discourse and rhetoric of Cultural Studies is highly beneficial in breaking down stereotypes and rebuilding the national narrative of identity. However, as a methodology it is not without limitations.

AbstractThis article explores ways of decolonising Development Studies by: (1) examining the discipline's tendencies towards what some have called 'imperial amnesia', that is, proclivities towards disavowing if not erasing European colonialism, most evident in 1950s–1960s Modernisation theory, but also more recently in the work of such analysts as Bruce Gilley and Nigel Biggar; (2) considering the opportunities and perils of 'epistemic decolonisation', that is, ways of decolonising knowledge production in the discipline, including the limits of 'non-Eurocentric' pedagogies; and (3) reflecting on forms of material decolonisation (e.g., the reduction of socioeconomic inequalities by improving better access to education or resisting the corporatisation of publicly funded research) that need to accompany any epistemic decolonisation for the latter to be meaningful.

The study gives an account of the work of the Cape Non-European Nights Schools Association from 1945 to 1967. It describes an educational innovation against all odds, the battle with the apartheid government and the liberal aspiration, attested to by the biographical and autobiographical aspects of the text. (DÜI-Sbd)

Feminist Surveillance Studies is a field-defining collection that places gender, race, class, and sexuality at the center of surveillance studies. Concerned with exposing the ways in which surveillance is tied to discrimination, the contributors investigate what constitutes surveillance, who is scrutinized, why, and at what cost.

"This is an edited volume that provides definitions, meanings, and significances of select key concepts often used in Native studies. These concepts include: sovereignty, land, indigeneity, nations, blood, tradition, colonialism, and indigenous epistemologies/knowledges. The manuscript is divided into eight sections, and each section includes three or four essays about one of the concepts. The essays provide an historical, social, and political context for the concepts and indicate how they have been drawn upon by scholars of Native studies." - Provided by the publisher

The village that raised me -- An uncommon man with resilient roots -- An Energizer bunny with fascinating origins -- The national pastime, all the time -- One giant leap for integration -- Laboratory in democracy -- The center of my universe -- Training for the law and for life -- Moving toward the mainstream -- The New York Times knocks -- Let's go to the videotape -- Other people's money -- The military and me -- There at the creation -- A dream deferred comes true -- Taking the reins in contentious times -- My speech makes a splash -- Spreading the gospel of achievement -- The criminal injustice system -- Affirmative action and other fights -- Fringe benefits -- Reflections on leadership -- Denouement of an adventuresome career