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SOC 244
Asian American History and Culture
SOC 244 FA
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 FA
This survey course offers a broad overview of the
legislative history and immigrant experiences of various
Asian American ethnic groups (Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
Filipino, Asian Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian).
Aspects of the Asian American experience to be examined will
include Chinese exclusion, Japanese American wartime
internment, the Korean greengrocer phenomenon, Southeast
Asian refugee resettlement, anti-Asian violence, and the
"model minority" thesis.
MAJOR READINGS
STRANGERS FROM A DIFFERENT SHORE: A HISTORY OF ASIAN
AMERICANS, R. Takaki
CHINESE WOMEN OF AMERICA, J. Yung
THE NEW CHINATOWN, P. Kwong
FAREWELL TO MANZANAR, J. Wakatsuki Houston
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Midterm exam; autobiographical
essay; research paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
This engraving shows an anti-Chinese riot in Denver,
Colorado in 1880.
Reference:
Robertson, Ian. SOCIOLOGY, 3rd ed., New York: Worth
Publishers, Inc., 1987
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