This title is part of American Studies Now & available as an e-book first Visit ucpressedugoamericanstudiesnow to learn more The Boycott Divestment & Sanctions movement (BDS) has expanded rapidly though controversially in the US in the last five years The academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions is a key component of that movement What is this boycott? Why does it make sense? & why is this an American Studies issue? These key questions & others are answered in this essential short book Boycott! situates the academic boycott in the broader history of boycotts in the US as well as Palestine & shows how it has evolved into a transnational social movement that has spurred profound intellectual & political shifts It explores the movement's implications for antiracist feminist queer & academic labor organizing & examines the boycott in the context of debates about Palestine Zionism race rights-based politics academic freedom decolonization & neoliberal capitalism