Boycott! the academy and justice for Palestine / Sunaina Maira.

Author/creator Maira, Sunaina, 1969-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Description1 online resource.
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Contents Boycott as tactic : here and there -- The academic boycott movement -- Backlash : the boycott and the culture/race wars -- Academic abolitionism : boycott as decolonization.
Abstract "The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) has expanded rapidly though controversially in the United States in the last five years. The academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions is a key component of that movement. What is this boycott? Why does it make sense? And why is this an American Studies issue? These key questions and others are answered in this short essential book. Boycott! situates the academic boycott in the broader history of boycotts in the United States as well as Palestine and shows how it has evolved into a transnational social movement that has spurred profound intellectual and political shifts. It explores the movement's implications for antiracist, feminist, queer, and academic labor organizing and examines the boycott in the context of debates about Palestine, Zionism, race, rights-based politics, academic freedom, decolonization, and neoliberal capitalism"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Maira, Sunaina, 1969- author. Boycott! Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520294882
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017037257
ISBN9780520967854 (epub)

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