Korean-American scholar and writer (born 2011)
Laura Hyun Yi Kang(born [date missing] 1967) is a Korean-American scholar and writer.
Kang is a professor of gender and sexuality studies in the School of Humanities at University of California, Irvine.[1] Kang holds a B.A. in ethnic studies and English from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz.
Selected works
- Traffic in Asian Women, Duke University Press, 2020[2]
- Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Third Women Press, 1994 (co-author)
- Compositional Subjects: Enfiguring Asian/American Women, Duke University Press, 2002[3]
- Echoes upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings, Temple Univ Press, 2003 (co-author)[4]
- Conjuring "Comfort Women": Mediated Affiliations and Disciplined Subjects in Korean/American Transnationality, Journal of Asian American Studies - Volume 6, Number 1, February 2003, pp. 25–55 [5]
Awards
- Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Cultural Studies 2003
- UCI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research 1998
References
- ^ Hyun Yi Kang-faculty profile-University of California, Irvine
- ^ "Traffic in Asian Women".
- ^ Book review: Compositional Subjects
- ^ Book review: Echos upon Echos
- ^ Journal of Asian American Studies
