dear elia
Letters from the Asian American Abyss
Mimi KhĂșc
- 264 pages
- English
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dear elia
Letters from the Asian American Abyss
Mimi KhĂșc
Ă propos de ce livre
In dear elia Mimi KhĂșc revolutionizes how we understand mental health. KhĂșc traces the contemporary Asian American mental health crisis from the university into the maw of the COVID-19 pandemic, reenvisioning mental health through a pedagogy of unwellnessâthe recognition that we are all differentially unwell. In an intimate series of letters, she bears witness to Asian American unwellness up close and invites readers to recognize in it the shapes and sources of their own unwellness. KhĂșc draws linkages between student experience, the Asian immigrant family, the adjunctification of the university, and teaching methods pre- and post-COVID-19 to illuminate hidden roots of our collective unwellness: shared investments in compulsory wellness and meritocracy. She reveals the university as a central node and engine of unwellness and argues that we can no longer do Asian American studies without Asian American mental healthâand vice versa. Interspersed throughout the book are reflective activities, including original tarot cards, that enact the very pedagogy KhĂșc advances, offering readers alternative ways of being that divest from structures of unwellness and open new possibilities for collective care.