FALL
2005 COURSES
AAS
100 Introduction to Asian American Studies
Meets Gen Ed requirements for Social Sciences and US Minority
Cultures
This is an introductory course that paints a broad picture
of Asian Pacific American experiences in the U.S. over time.
It addresses the legal statutes, politics, and events that
affected Asian Americans historically. In addition to background
into the broad experiences of Asian Americans, the course
provides personal testimonials through autobiographical texts
of what it was like for Asian Americans to experience racism
and other kinds of discrimination. Additionally, we will use
films and videos to consider Asian American experiences through
the lens of cinema and television. The course concludes with
a discussion of more contemporary experiences of Asian Americans,
with emphases placed on the war in Southeast Asia, the Asian
American movement, the movement for redress for the WWII incarceration
of Japanese Americans, Asian American feminism, and contemporary
transnational experiences. AAS 100 is the gateway course to
the AAS minor.
29646 Lecture/ Discussion A 03:00pm-4:20pm TR 112 Gregory
Espiritu 3 hrs
AAS
184 Asian American Cultures
Also ANTH 184 and SOC 124. Meets Gen Ed requirements for Social Sciences
and US Minority Cultures
Asian Americans have increasingly become a visible part of the American national
landscape in recent years. While images of exotic Chinatowns, inscrutable math wizards,
and strange rituals have long dominated the American popular imagination of post-1965
Asian American communities and cultures, there are emerging images and narratives that
defy these conventions and stereotypes. The class will examine the heterogeneous and
multi-faceted dimensions of Asian American lives and communities through the lenses of
culture, race, ethnicity, and social organization.
37061 Lecture/ Discussion 1 01:00pm-02:20pm TR 100 Gregory Manalansan 3 hrs
AAS
224 Asian American Historical Sociology
Also SOC 224. Meets Gen Ed requirements for US Minority
Cultures
Roughly half of Hawaii's population has been Asian American for the past half century.
Roughly half of all Asian Americans lived in Hawai'i before then. Hawai'i has also been
arguably the most politically progressive part of the United States. From various
theoretical perspectives, the course examines this singularly significant place in the
history and sociology of Asian Americans. Topics to be addressed include colonialism,
labor migration, differential racisms, intra-Asian divisions, gender inequality, emergence
of an interracial labor movement, radicalism, postwar political mobilization, formation of
a "local" identity, and Hawaiian nationalism.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or a course in Asian American Studies is recommended.
41092 Lecture 1 03:00pm-4:20pm TR 302 Lincoln Jung 3 hrs
ENGL
280 Women Writers: Asian American Women Writers
This course examines the ways in which the perspectives of race and gender and their
interrelationships structure the writing of Asian American women. This course will
emphasize the historical context within which the meanings of Asian American gendered
subjectivity emerge by considering the connection between gender and work, sexuality,
intellectual and artistic activity, and family and community life. Through looking at
a range of critical writings, we will also examine the development of Asian American
feminist thought and its relation to cultural nationalist and transnational communities.
39514 Lecture/ Discussion M 09:30am-10:45am TR 108 English Koshy
3 hrs
AAS
284 Advanced Topics in Asian America Asian American Social Movements
Also ANTH 284. Meets Gen Ed requirements for Social Sciences and US Minority Culture(s)
What is a social movement? How have Asian Americans fought for social justice and social
change? This class explores various components that make up the lively struggles of Asian
American political culture. From the Asian American student movement to anti-imperialist,
anti-war and anti-racist movements, we will look at how different groups have forged political
communities through their organizing. In particular the work of queer, women's, youth, and
workers' organizations in developing strategies and interventions will guide this class toward
understanding the vital role of community studies.
45239 Lecture/ Discussion 1 04:00pm-05:20am TR 211 Davenport
Rana 3 hrs
AAS
286 Asian American Literature
Also ENGL 286. Meets Gen Ed requirements for Literature and
the Arts, and US Minority Culture(s)
Introduction to Asian American literary studies and culture through the
reading of major works of literature selected from but not limited to the
following American ethnic subgroups: Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Indian,
Pakistani, and Vietnamese.
41927 Lecture/ Discussion D 11:00am-12:20pm MW 429 Armory Lee 3 hrs
AAS
310 Race and Cultural Diversity
Also AFRO 310, EPS 310, LLS 310. Meets Gen Ed Requirements
for Advanced Composition and US Minority Cultures
This class studies race and cultural diversity from the Colonial
era to the present; the evolution of racial ideology in an
ethnically heterogeneous society; the impact of race on the
structures and operations of fundamental social institutions;
and the role of race in contemporary politics and popular
culture.
33770 Lecture A 2:00pm-3:50pm T 166 Education Span
4 hrs
Discussion section A 2:00pm-3:50pm R 166 Education
33764 Lecture B 2:00pm-3:50pm T 166 Education Bldg Span
4 hrs
Discussion section B 2:00pm-3:50pm R 33 Education Bldg
AAS
365 Asian American Media and Film
Also CINE 365 and COMM 365
An examination of media generally and films and videos more specifically
(experimental, documentary, independent, and Hollywood features) by, for,
and about Asian Americans.
42862 Lecture/ Discussion A 10:00am-11:20pm TR G24 Foreign Languages Bui
3 hrs
Laboratory A 05:00pm-06:50pm T G46 Foreign Languages
AAS
397 Asian Families in America
Also SOC W 397
3 hours. Meets Gen Ed requirements for Social Sciences and
US Minority Cultures
Offers a comparative analysis of Asian families as they cope
and adapt to American society. Examines: 1) how families from
four major Asian American groups (Chinese, Indian, Japanese,
and Korean) function in American society; 2) how these families
compare to families in their country of origin; and 3) how
these families are similar to or different from the "typical
American" family. Includes visits to Asian cultural institutions
and with Asian families.
33282 Lecture Discussion A 10:00am-11:20am TR 1203 W Oregon
Room 102 Balgopal
AAS
402 Asian American Education
Also EPS 402
Meets Gen Ed requirements for Advance Composition, and US Minority Culture(s)
This course considers ways in which historical and political factors in the United
States have led to the development of an "Asian American" identity. In the context
of schooling, specific anti-Asian measures in San Francisco, Honolulu, and Mississippi
promulgated by the belief that Asians were "unassimilable" and negative influences on
native, White students. "English-only" movements as well as various school segregation
efforts were some of the ways in which larger, societal forces influenced the education
of Asian American youth. Other locations, such as Seattle and Los Angeles, sought to
acculturate Asian and ethnic minority students into the mainstream through various progressive
Amricanization and citizenship programs. To be sure, the means of educationg Asian Americans
occurred along a continuum. To that end, we will be examining particular historical case
studies, as well as devlging into contemporary issues affecting Asian Americans -- through
class, gender, and sexual orientaion -- to help us understand various educational policy
directives affecting Asian American students.
45567 Lecture/Discussion 02:00pm-03:50pm W 162 Education Pak
3 hrs
AAS
450 Asian American Ethnic Groups: Filipino Americans
This course examines the historical and contemporary configurations
of Filipinos in the United States in order to critically understand their
colonial histories, their immigration and settlement patterns, their
practices of identity constructions, as well as their cultural interactions
with each other and with other groups. Considering that Filipino Americans are a unique,
diverse, and complex group, this course will also explore the larger questions of American imperialism,
U.S.-Philippine colonial relations, capitalism, immigration, racialization,
ethnic group formation in the U.S., global diaspora, and political/cultural
notions of Ethnicity in general.
Such an investigation will draw on theoretical, hitorical, socail science, and literary sources.
It will also encompass discussions of community, politics, and identity from the
perspectives of community members, the students attending the class, and the sites
within and beyond those occupied by Filipino Americans.
45238 Lecture MMG 03:00pm-05:50pm W 113 Davenport Manalansan
3 hrs
45240 Lecture MMU 03:00pm-05:50pm W 113 Davenport Manalansan
3 hrs
AAS
450 Asian American Ethnic Groups: South Asian Americans
What does South Asian American look like? The shape that this space takes
is in large part due to the complex history of cultural politics and social
movements of South Asian American. This course elaborates on these issues by
investigating how South Asians forge their communities in the United States from
political organizing to the creative arts to an emergent desi youth culture
that includes music cultures such as bhangra, hip hop, punk, and jazz. To
locate the place of South Asians in America we will examine the process of
racialization to understand how this intersects with sexism, homophobia, classism,
and other forms of sytematic oppression. From the Ghadar Party in the early
20th century to the post-1965 waves of immigration, the agenda of this class is
to situate South Asian history in America. Our focus wull shift between understanding
the heterogeneity of South Asians based on national, cultural, ethnic, religious, and
communal differences, to the ways in which coalitions are formed with other groups of
color through acts of solidarity and examples of polyculturalism.
45238 Lecture JRG 01:00pm-02:20pm TR 27 Psychology Rana
3 hrs
45240 Lecture JRU 01:00pm-02:20pm TR 27 Psychology Rana
3 hrs
AAS
490 Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies: American Ethnic Theatre
Meets with THEA 199 AET and THEA 591 AET
This course surveys the representatiosn of ethnic identities in American theatre since
the 19th century. The theatrical stage has been the site of tension amongst different
ethnic groups, and the dramatic resolution of such tension has often led to the reaffirmation
of the hegemonic structure and imagination. Whether that ethnic character on stage is
ridiculed(as in the case of the Irish drunk) or feared (as in the case of the black brute),
its representation has reflected the emerging narrative of American nationhood and identity.
Also, the invisibility of certain ethnic characters, especially Asian Americans, on American
stages has revealed the processes of exclusion and inclusion in the making of American democracy.
Readings in the course will include plays, historical documents, and scholarly articles.
31301 Conference AET 03:00pm-04:20pm MW 4503 Krannert Kim 3 hrs
45440 Lecture/ Discussion AEU 03:00pm-04:20pm MW 4503 Krannert Kim 3 hrs
AAS
490 Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies: Race, Sex, Deviance
Meets with LLS 496 GR and UG, and GWS 490
Examines how Asian Americans, Latinas/os, African Americans, and Native Americans have
been differently racialized and gendered trhough law, work, and culutre. This comparative
approach emphasizes that racial groups are narrated through discourses of gender deviance
in relation to one another. This serves to privatize social problems as merely symptoms
of dysfunctional families or pathological neighborhoods while encouraging the intensification
of surveillance, incarceration, and exploitation. As an interdicsciplinary course, we
will read scholarship from legal studies, media studies, sociology and cultural studies.
41524 Lecture LCG 03:00pm-05:20pm W G30 Foreign Lanaguges Cacho 3 hrs
41524 Lecture/Discussion LCU 03:00pm-05:20pm W G30 Foreign Lanaguges Cacho 3 hrs
AAS
490 Topics in Asian American Studies: Pan-Chinese Cinemas in Search of Modernity and Globalization
Meets with HIST 300 and CINE 300
This course deals with the varied and interconnected developments of Pan-Chinese cinemas in China, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, and diasporic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and North American from the 1920s to today. It
approaches Chinese cinemas as both a social practice and a vehicle of identity formation in a period characterized
by wars, revolutions, economic trnaformation, globalization, and racial politics. The rise of Pan-Chinese cinemas
were embedded in a historical context of imperialism and nationalism, and their developments have been interwoven
with the history of global Chinese disapora and the vision for cultural modernity. These contexts and visions
define the themes for this course. Our emphasis is on the institutions and cultural politics of film production
in the Pan-Chinese world.
31313 Lecture/ Discussion PF 01:00pm-2:50pm MW G48 Foreign Languages Fu 3 hrs
AAS
490 Topics in Asian American Studies: Danced Politics in a Global Context
Meets with DANC 510 ST
The study of corporeal aesthetics within transnational and global exchange and the power relations reflected
in and enacted by dance practice and performance. Topics include national formation, imperialism, commodification,
globalization, interculturalism, class relations, gender, race, and political affiliation/resistance.
31311 Lecture/ Discussion AA 11:00am-12:20pm TR 907 1/2 W Nevada Room 109 Wong 3 hrs
AAS
490 Topics in Asian American Studies: Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Fiction
Meets with ENGL 460 1G and 1U
This course will examine the complex intersections of gender, class, sexuality, and race in fiction by
Asian American writers. The analysis of texts will emphasize the historical and political contexts
within which the writings were produced, in order to highlight the different modes and terms with which
they address issues of gender and sexuality. Queer and feminist theoretical approaches to the study of
race and cultural production will frame our discussions of literary texts and films.
45334 Lecture/ Discussion K1G 12:30pm-01:45p TR 115 English Koshy 3 hrs
45335 Lecture/ Discussion K1U 12:30pm-01:45p TR 115 English Koshy 3 hrs
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