Disciplinary Futures Sociology in Conversation with American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies

"The margins of sociology are at once its cutting edge. There we find innovative scholarship remaking the discipline through critical engagements with American, cultural, ethnic, gender and women's, Indigenous, postcolonial, and queer studies. A stocktaking and agenda-setting book, Disciplinary Futures brings empire, racial capitalism, settler colonialism, queer of color critique, white supremacy, and intersectionality from the periphery to the core of our concern. May sociology take heed." (Moon-Kie Jung, author of Beneath the Surface of White Supremacy: Denaturalizing U.S. Racisms Past and Present) "Much lip service is paid to the significance of engaging in inter- and multidisciplinary research, but surprisingly little or no attention is given to why it is important and how to do it. These issues are central to this volume. A diverse and stellar group of scholars illustrate how the discipline of sociology can be rethought, enriched, and expanded through a deep engagement with other disciplines. Their scholarship reveals the necessity for sociology to revitalize and reinvent itself in order to fully comprehend the positionality, experiences, and voices of racialized and marginalized groups." (Michael Omi, co-author of Racial Formation in the United States) "This is a powerful collection that challenges sociologists to confront the epistemic violence that undergirds their discipline. It challenges race-neutral and nation-bound analysis of the experiences of people of color as it calls for a critical sociology that acknowledges the injuries of racism, settler-colonialism, and imperialism in everyday experiences. This is a must-read for anyone committed to dismantling inequality." (Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, author of Servants of Globalization: Migration and Domestic Work) "The important essays in this exciting interdisciplinary volume bring valuable insights from studies of race and immigration, disability, gender and sexuality, and Indigeneity to bear upon research and methods in sociology and the social sciences."" (Lisa Lowe, author of The Intimacies of Four Continents) "We highly recommend Disciplinary Futures. Together, the chapters cover a multitude of sociological cases, historical and contemporary. This collection demonstrates how sociologists benefit from a more complex and interdisciplinary theoretical approach rooted in the practices of American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies." (Sociology of Race and Ethnicity) "This volume has useful insights for the fostering of such a continuous interdisciplinary dialogue." (Ethnic and Racial Studies) "This fascinating, informative compilation is full of facts and stories about various cultures." (CHOICE)

Nadia Y. Kim (Editor)
Nadia Y. Kim is Professor of Asian & American Studies, and by courtesy, Sociology, at Loyola Marymount University. She is the author of Imperial Citizens: Koreans and Race from Seoul to LA and Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA, both multi-award-winning.
Pawan Dhingra (Editor)
Pawan Dhingra is Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank '55 Professor of U.S. Immigration Studies at Amherst College. He is a multiple award-winning author whose books include Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough.