White Power and American Neoliberal Culture speaks to the urgency of the present moment by uncove... more White Power and American Neoliberal Culture speaks to the urgency of the present moment by uncovering and examining the ideologies that led us here. Working through sources such as white terrorist manifestos, white power utopian fiction, neoliberal think tank reports, and neoconservative policy statements, Patricia Ventura and Edward K. Chan analyze the conjunction of current forms of white supremacy and racial capitalism.
Short and accessible, this timely book argues that white extremist worldviews—and the violence they provoke—have converged with a radical economic and social agenda to shape daily life in the United States, especially by enshrining the male-dominated white family as the ideal of national identity. Through insightful observation and critical dissection, Ventura and Chan paint a striking portrait of how these forces enable each other, perpetuating social injustice and inequity.
This is an unpublished and different version of the article “Un-canning the Canny: McDonald’s Jap... more This is an unpublished and different version of the article “Un-canning the Canny: McDonald’s Japan and the Mr. James Saga,” in Historic Engagements with Occidental Cultures, Religions, Powers, edited by Anne Richards and Iraj Omidvar, Postcolonialism and Religions, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp. 233-51.
It discusses the controversy surrounding a controversy surrounding an advertising campaign by McDonald's Japan and the issue of white privilege.
This interview is the first in a series I hope to continue on Japanese "underground" music. As th... more This interview is the first in a series I hope to continue on Japanese "underground" music. As the interviewee here notes, the term "underground" is difficult to define. What I intend by it is the subcultures of music that exist outside mainstream pop music. Thus, I don't include classical music nor corporatized "indie" pop/rock. This project was inspired by two books: Peter Belsito's Notes from the Pop Underground (1985, Last Gasp)-which features a series of interviews with undergros und artists such as Survival Research Laboratories, the Church of the Subgenius, Diamanda Galas, Jim Jarmusch, among others-and Julian Cope's Japrocksampler (2007, Bloomsbury). Like both of those books-more the former than the latter-I am trying to capture aspects of popular culture that are not well known and to some degree ephemeral. My objective is to introduce readers to this somewhat esoteric music and capture a snapshot of some stories from the Japanese underground. The selection of interviewees is somewhat idiosyncratic based on my own tastes. Chihei Hatakeyama is a Tokyo-based electronic musician born in 1978. He has released about 17 albums under his own name, in addition to a number of works in conjunction with others (including Asuna and Naph), as well as his collaboration with Tomoyoshi Date called "Opitope.
White Power and American Neoliberal Culture speaks to the urgency of the present moment by uncove... more White Power and American Neoliberal Culture speaks to the urgency of the present moment by uncovering and examining the ideologies that led us here. Working through sources such as white terrorist manifestos, white power utopian fiction, neoliberal think tank reports, and neoconservative policy statements, Patricia Ventura and Edward K. Chan analyze the conjunction of current forms of white supremacy and racial capitalism.
Short and accessible, this timely book argues that white extremist worldviews—and the violence they provoke—have converged with a radical economic and social agenda to shape daily life in the United States, especially by enshrining the male-dominated white family as the ideal of national identity. Through insightful observation and critical dissection, Ventura and Chan paint a striking portrait of how these forces enable each other, perpetuating social injustice and inequity.
This is an unpublished and different version of the article “Un-canning the Canny: McDonald’s Jap... more This is an unpublished and different version of the article “Un-canning the Canny: McDonald’s Japan and the Mr. James Saga,” in Historic Engagements with Occidental Cultures, Religions, Powers, edited by Anne Richards and Iraj Omidvar, Postcolonialism and Religions, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp. 233-51.
It discusses the controversy surrounding a controversy surrounding an advertising campaign by McDonald's Japan and the issue of white privilege.
This interview is the first in a series I hope to continue on Japanese "underground" music. As th... more This interview is the first in a series I hope to continue on Japanese "underground" music. As the interviewee here notes, the term "underground" is difficult to define. What I intend by it is the subcultures of music that exist outside mainstream pop music. Thus, I don't include classical music nor corporatized "indie" pop/rock. This project was inspired by two books: Peter Belsito's Notes from the Pop Underground (1985, Last Gasp)-which features a series of interviews with undergros und artists such as Survival Research Laboratories, the Church of the Subgenius, Diamanda Galas, Jim Jarmusch, among others-and Julian Cope's Japrocksampler (2007, Bloomsbury). Like both of those books-more the former than the latter-I am trying to capture aspects of popular culture that are not well known and to some degree ephemeral. My objective is to introduce readers to this somewhat esoteric music and capture a snapshot of some stories from the Japanese underground. The selection of interviewees is somewhat idiosyncratic based on my own tastes. Chihei Hatakeyama is a Tokyo-based electronic musician born in 1978. He has released about 17 albums under his own name, in addition to a number of works in conjunction with others (including Asuna and Naph), as well as his collaboration with Tomoyoshi Date called "Opitope.
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Short and accessible, this timely book argues that white extremist worldviews—and the violence they provoke—have converged with a radical economic and social agenda to shape daily life in the United States, especially by enshrining the male-dominated white family as the ideal of national identity. Through insightful observation and critical dissection, Ventura and Chan paint a striking portrait of how these forces enable each
other, perpetuating social injustice and inequity.
It discusses the controversy surrounding a controversy surrounding an advertising campaign by McDonald's Japan and the issue of white privilege.
Short and accessible, this timely book argues that white extremist worldviews—and the violence they provoke—have converged with a radical economic and social agenda to shape daily life in the United States, especially by enshrining the male-dominated white family as the ideal of national identity. Through insightful observation and critical dissection, Ventura and Chan paint a striking portrait of how these forces enable each
other, perpetuating social injustice and inequity.
It discusses the controversy surrounding a controversy surrounding an advertising campaign by McDonald's Japan and the issue of white privilege.