Lisa Lowe
Encyclopedia
Lisa Lowe is a professor of comparative literature
at the University of California
, San Diego and a noted scholar in the fields of comparative literature, American studies, Asian American studies and the cultural politics of colonialism and migration. She was Visiting Professor of American Studies at Yale University
in 2007-2008. In 2011-2012, she is a University of California President's Faculty Research Fellow and Visiting Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Lowe has authored books on orientalism, immigration and globalization. Her current project, The Intimacies of Four Continents, is a study of the convergence of colonialisms in the early Americas as the conditions for modern humanism and humanistic knowledge. In this work, she examines the 'forgetting' of the conjunction of Asian indentured labor, native-descendant peoples, and African slavery
within modern European liberal discourses of freedom, and its 'return' in gendered racial taxonomies that persist within the humanities today. She coedits with Judith Halberstam, "Perverse Modernities," a book series with Duke University Press.
Lowe studied European intellectual history at Stanford University, and French literature and critical theory at UC Santa Cruz.
Lowe, Lisa (1996) Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics. Duke University Press
Lowe, Lisa and David Lloyd, eds. (1997) The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital. Duke University Press
Lowe, Lisa (2006) "The Intimacy of Four Continents." In Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History. Ann Laura Stoler, ed. Duke University Press
Lowe, Lisa (2007) "Globalization." In Keywords for American Cultural Studies. Bruce Burgett and Glen Hendler, eds. New York University Press
Lowe, Lisa (2010) "Metaphors of Globalization." In Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice. Ranu Samantrai, Joe Parker, and Mary Romero, eds. State University of New York
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, San Diego and a noted scholar in the fields of comparative literature, American studies, Asian American studies and the cultural politics of colonialism and migration. She was Visiting Professor of American Studies at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 2007-2008. In 2011-2012, she is a University of California President's Faculty Research Fellow and Visiting Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Lowe has authored books on orientalism, immigration and globalization. Her current project, The Intimacies of Four Continents, is a study of the convergence of colonialisms in the early Americas as the conditions for modern humanism and humanistic knowledge. In this work, she examines the 'forgetting' of the conjunction of Asian indentured labor, native-descendant peoples, and African slavery
Slavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
within modern European liberal discourses of freedom, and its 'return' in gendered racial taxonomies that persist within the humanities today. She coedits with Judith Halberstam, "Perverse Modernities," a book series with Duke University Press.
Lowe studied European intellectual history at Stanford University, and French literature and critical theory at UC Santa Cruz.
Selected publications
Lowe, Lisa (1991) Critical Terrains: French and British Orientalisms. Cornell University PressLowe, Lisa (1996) Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics. Duke University Press
Lowe, Lisa and David Lloyd, eds. (1997) The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital. Duke University Press
Lowe, Lisa (2006) "The Intimacy of Four Continents." In Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History. Ann Laura Stoler, ed. Duke University Press
Lowe, Lisa (2007) "Globalization." In Keywords for American Cultural Studies. Bruce Burgett and Glen Hendler, eds. New York University Press
Lowe, Lisa (2010) "Metaphors of Globalization." In Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice. Ranu Samantrai, Joe Parker, and Mary Romero, eds. State University of New York