JAST 28: Fall 2008 - RACE AND ETHNICITY ISSUE

Published in fall 2008, the 28th issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey tackles race and ethnicity. Punyashree Panda looks at indigenous identity through Pauline Puyat in Louise Erdrich’s Tracks, while Meaghan Kozar points out the conflicting ways Asian Americans appear in visual media. Demir Barlas connects abolitionism and orientalism to identity politics. Daniel Byrne shifts to foreign policy, explaining how race shaped the U.S. approach to North African decolonization between 1942 and 1962. Page Laws brings the discussion to cinema by breaking down the racial ethics in Paul Haggis’s film Crash. The issue ends with book reviews on Native American history and a look at Zack Snyder’s movie 300.