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Bringing the Unthought Asian-American Subject to Mind: Cultivating Concern and Care in the Socio-Clinical Space

Couched·Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC·13 November 2025·52 min

About this episode

Join us for this illuminating conversation with Drs. Mary Kim Brewster, David Eng, and Shinhee Han. Our guests confront the dangerous myths of yellow peril and the model minority in the context of negated geo-political histories. They encourage us to imagine the Asian American subject’s relationality as both “Asian” and “American” and as a necessary condition towards repair and recognition. Episode References A Dialogue on Racial Melancholia - David Eng & Shinhee Han Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic LIves of Asian Americans - David Eng & Shinhee Han Reparations and the Human - David Eng Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974 - 1989 Caucasia - Danzy Senna Joan Wallach Scott Donald W. Winnicott - Hate in the Countertransference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.