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Jiangtao Harry Gu


Jiangtao Harry Gu

Assistant Professor of Media and Society, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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Jiangtao Harry Gu is Assistant Professor of Media and Society at Hobart and William Smith Colleges where he is also affiliated with Asian Studies and Women’s Studies Departments. His research examines questions of race, sexuality, and history in Asian and Asian diasporic cultures. His current book project Humor before the Subject: An Asian American Theory of Laughter is a cultural history of post-war Asian American comedy. It is also a theoretical investigation of what remains possible for laughter today and whether it could lead us to racial justice and reconciliation.