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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 this movement. What is this boycott? Why does it make sense? And why is this an American Studies issue? In this short essential book, Sunaina Maira addresses these key questions. Boycott! situates the academic boycott in the broader history of boycotts in the United States as well as in 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.

Academic freedom --- Boycotts --- Arab-Israeli conflict --- Israel-Arab conflicts --- Israel-Palestine conflict --- Israeli-Arab conflict --- Israeli-Palestinian conflict --- Jewish-Arab relations --- Palestine-Israel conflict --- Palestine problem (1948- ) --- Palestinian-Israeli conflict --- Palestinian Arabs --- Boycott --- Consumer boycotts --- Secondary boycotts --- Consumer behavior --- Passive resistance --- Educational freedom --- Freedom, Academic --- Freedom of information --- Liberty --- Intellectual freedom --- Social aspects. --- History --- academic boycott. --- academic freedom. --- academic labor. --- academic. --- american history. --- american studies. --- antiracist. --- bds. --- boycott. --- capitalism. --- college. --- controversial. --- decolonization. --- divestment. --- feminist. --- israeli. --- key questions. --- neoliberal. --- palestine. --- political movement. --- politics. --- queer. --- race. --- racism. --- right wing politics. --- sanctions. --- social movement. --- transnational. --- united states. --- us history. --- zionism. --- International movements --- Palestine --- United States of America

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The Great Han is an ethnographic study of the Han Clothing Movement, a neotraditionalist and racial nationalist movement that has emerged in China since 2001. Participants come together both online and in person in cities across China to revitalize their utopian vision of the authentic "Great Han" and corresponding "real China" through pseudotraditional ethnic dress, reinvented Confucian ritual, and anti-foreign sentiment. Analyzing the movement's ideas and practices, this book argues that the vision of a pure, perfectly ordered, ethnically homogeneous, and secure society is in fact a fantasy constructed in response to the challenging realities of the present. Yet this national imaginary is reproduced precisely through its own perpetual elusiveness. The Great Han is a pioneering analysis of Han identity, nationalism, and social movements in a rapidly changing China.

Costume --- Nationalism --- Racism --- Race --- Ethnicity --- Politics and culture --- Culture --- Culture and politics --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Physical anthropology --- Bias, Racial --- Race bias --- Race prejudice --- Racial bias --- Prejudices --- Anti-racism --- Critical race theory --- Race relations --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Fancy dress --- Motion pictures --- Opera --- Stage costume --- Theater --- Theatrical costume --- Decorative arts --- Clothing and dress --- History --- Political aspects --- 2000s. --- 2001. --- activism. --- anti foreign. --- chinese politics. --- cities. --- confucian ritual. --- digital space. --- digital world. --- ethics. --- ethnic dress. --- ethnographic study. --- ethnographic. --- ethnography. --- foreign sentiment. --- han clothing movement. --- nationalism. --- neotraditionalist. --- online. --- political activism. --- political movement. --- racial nationalist. --- social movements. --- social science. --- social studies. --- urban. --- utopian. --- xenophobic.