{"product_id":"the-refugee-aesthetic-timothy-k-august-9781439915301","title":"The Refugee Aesthetic: Reimagining Southeast Asian America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe refugee is conventionally considered a powerless figure, eagerly cast aside by both migrant and host communities. In his book, \u003ci\u003eThe Refugee Aesthetic, \u003c\/i\u003e Timothy August investigates how and why a number of Southeast Asian American artists and writers have recently embraced the figure of the refugee as a particularly transformative position. He explains how these artists, theorists, critics, and culture-makers reconstruct their place in the American imagination by identifying and critiquing the underlying structures of power that create refugees in the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAugust looks at the outside forces that shape refugee representation and how these expressions are received. He considers the visual legacy of the Southeast Asian refugee experience by analyzing music videos, graphic novels, and refugee artwork. August also examines the power of refugee literature, showing how and why Southeast Asian American writers look to the refugee position to disentangle their complicated aesthetic legacy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArguing that \"aesthetics\" should be central to the conceptualization of critical refugee studies, August shows how representational structures can galvanize or marginalize refugees, depending on how refugee aesthetics are used and circulated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy K. August\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143991530X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439915301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Timothy K. August","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013927252223,"sku":"9781439915301","price":99.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4012b4cd-d18c-44d9-99a5-23d34606a88c.jpg?v=1767745636","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-refugee-aesthetic-timothy-k-august-9781439915301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}