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Academic Year 2003/2004
Asian-American Cultural Theory
ENGL 299 SP
How do we make sense of Asian American culture as a coalition of differences and contradictions. This seminar will survey and read closely recent scholarship on Asian American culture. The class will interrogate how
these
works theorize the textual, cultural and political coalition called Asian America and its connections with other communities of color. We will apply these theories to literary and filmic texts by and about Asian
Americans.
Moreover, we will ask how such theories help us reconceptualize difference, nationhood, citizenship and coalition.
MAJOR READINGS
Texts will include:
Lowe, IMMIGRANT ACTS
Okihiro, MARGINS AND MAINSTREAMS
Espiritu, ASIAN AMERICAN PANETHNICITY
Palumbo-Liu, ASIAN AMERICA
Prashad, EVERYBODY WAS KUNG-FU FIGHTING: AFRO-ASIAN CONNECTIONS
AND THE MYTH OF CULTURAL
PURITY
Trinh, WOMAN, NATIVE, OTHER
Lee, ORIENTALS: ASIAN AMERICAN IN POPULAR CULTURE
Eng, RACIAL CASTRATION
Special Issue Amerasia: Thinking Theory In Asian American Studies
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Students will submit weekly inquiry papers on the assigned reading(s). Each student will present an aspect of the class session's reading assignment, distributing a 4-6 page written version and set of questions to other
students. Grades will be based
on a 15-page final project, inquiry papers, presentations and active listening and participation in class discussion.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Students who have taken Asian Am. Lit, Multi-Ethnic Literature or Introduction to Ethnic Studies will have priority.
This course meets the English department's theory requirement.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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