Catherine Liu
Catherine Liu is an American cultural theorist and author whose areas of research include Sinophone cinema, French literature, critical theory, identity politics, and visual arts. She is known for her critique of the professional–managerial class.
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Catherine Liu, a professor of film and media studies, is in the news for her critique of identity politics and middle-class liberalism, appearing in Jacobin.
The Far Left, particularly those who emphasize class reductionism, sees her as a sharp critic re-centering class analysis against what they perceive as managerial-class self-interest and depoliticized identity initiatives.