Aimee Bahng
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Aimee Bahng is a scholar whose work interrogates the intersections of speculative fiction, racial capitalism, and environmental justice, with a particular focus on Asian and Asian American futurity. Her research critically examines how futuristic narratives—from literature to film—often reproduce colonial and capitalist logics, while also uncovering reparative, decolonial possibilities within these imaginaries. Bahng’s major contributions include her influential book *Migrant Futures: Decolonizing Speculation in Financial Times* (2018), which analyzes how speculative fiction can challenge the predatory structures of global finance and migration. Her paper “The Cruel Optimism of Asian Futurity and the Reparative Practices of Sonny Liew’s *Malinky Robot*” (2019) exemplifies her method of reading comics and popular culture to expose the tensions between neoliberal optimism and collective repair. Though her citation counts are still growing, Bahng’s work has been pivotal in shaping discussions on racialized debt, climate precarity, and queer temporalities within Asian American studies and the environmental humanities. She is a key voice for students and researchers seeking to understand how speculative storytelling can resist extractive economies and imagine more just futures.
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