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Academic Year 2005/2006
Introduction to Ethnic Studies
AMST 217 SP
This course is an introduction to Ethnic Studies that will survey selected historical moments, geographical and institutional sites, cases and periods in order to explore complexities of life in the United States.
Turning
to the entangled histories of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, racism, disenfranchisement, and labor, we will examine how different peoples become ¿American,¿ with a legal focus on race and citizenship. With special
attention
to questions of agency and resistance, we will come to better understand how differently situated people(s) negotiate state-structured systems of exclusions and assimilation in relation to formations and practices of
culture,
community, sovereignty, democracy, equality, and self-determination.
MAJOR READINGS
Howard Winant and Michael Omi, RACIAL FORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Angelo Ancheta, RACE RIGHTS AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Ronald Takaki, A DIFFERENT MIRROR: A HISTORY OF MULTICULTURAL AMERICA
Steve
Martinot, THE RULE OF RACIALIZATION:
CLASS, IDENTITY, GOVERNANCE
Angela Davis, ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE?
Films and Videos:
Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
Savage Acts
Siempre, Palante, Siempre
Black is, Black Ain't
A
Place of Rage
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Students are required to complete all course books and articles, in-class and homework assignments, and response papers that address the weekly readings. There will be an in-class mid-term exam and a take home final
exam. Class evaluation will be based
on class attendance and participation (20%), response papers and homework assignements (30%), a mid-term exam (20%), and the final exam (30%). In case of borderline grades, I will examine the student's attendance and
participation record in finalizing the
grade.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Kauanui,J. Kehaulani
- Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK302;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 40)
- SR. major: 0 Jr. major: 3
- SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 30 FR: 7
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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