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Becoming Global Asia<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary Genres of Postcolonial Capitalism in Singapore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cheryl Narumi Naruse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Winner of the 2025 Association for
Asian American Studies Literary Studies Book Award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBecoming Global Asia<\/em> is an important addition to transpacific work in Asian American studies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal of Asian American Studies<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNaruse\u2019s profound interpretive insights have emerged at a moment in which the political and disciplinary stakes of her interventions could not be higher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My first book, Becoming Global Asia: Contemporary Genres of Postcolonial Capitalism in Singapore<\/em>, was published with the Transpacific Studies series at University of California Press in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this book, I bring a historical materialist reading practice to a wide-ranging literary and cultural archive in order to theorize the role of postcoloniality in the making of global capitalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In doing so, Becoming Global Asia<\/em> offers a rethinking of the dynamics of empire and neoliberalism from the context of Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Considering including Becoming Global Asia<\/em> in your classes? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Becoming Global Asia<\/em> will be appropriate for courses on<\/p>\n\n\n\n