| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
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| ASIANAM 60A | INTRODUCTION ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES I | LIU, J.M. | (Same as History 15C/Soc Sci 78A) The course will provide a survey of the history, social organization, and cultural representations of Asians immigrating to the United States prior to World War II. This course is open to all students and meets the Multi-cultural VII-A general education requirement. It is also the first of a three-quarter introductory sequence that is mandatory for students who want to major or minor in Asian American Studies. If you are not majoring/minoring in Asian American Studies, the sequence can be used to fulfill the Social Science general education breadth requirement. |
| ASIANAM 100W | RESEARCH METHODS/FIELD RESEARCH | VO, L. | This seminar will introduce students to a range of key methodological issues in Asian American Studies. The readings are organized around questions, approaches, and critiques that will help students develop technical skills in qualitative research and analysis, as well as examine how researchers have studied the demographic transformations, economic restructuring, and political changes that shape social relations. We will gain a critical understanding of some of the theoretical, empirical, and ethical challenges posed by scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, we will discuss \"voice\" which can refer to literal, direct forms of expression such as interviews, personal testimonies, and oral histories; and more broadly, as well to forms of symbolic representation such as photographs, videos, and other cultural texts. Students are required to complete a fieldwork research assignment, historical exhibit, and final exam. |
| ASIANAM 141 | ASIAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY | PAREKH, B. | (Same as Psych 174A) Examines the social and psychological concerns of Asian Americans, e.g., coping with racial prejudice, maintaining bicultural identities, dealing with cross-cultural conflicts in interracial relationships, and trying to reconcile generational differences between immigrant parents and their American-born children. |
| ASIANAM 142 | MUSLIM IDENTITY NORTH AMERICA | LEONARD, K.B. | (Same as Anthro 125Z) This course explores multiple identities of Muslims in North America, including African American Muslims and immigrants of many national origins. We explore religious, political, cultural, ethnic, and class differences among American Muslims, paying particular attention to recent efforts to mobilize and participate in American politics. |
| ASIANAM 150 | ASIAN AMERICAN & POPULAR CULTURE | MIMURA, G. | (Same as Comp Lit 103) Do Asian Americans have a stake in popular culture? Why and how? Since the 1960s, Asian Americans have been producing distinct and exciting popular cultures that challenge racism, create new experiences of leisure, and advance democratic values. We will examine the relationship between Asian Americans and popular culture in several areas: image culture, popular music, high and low fashions, street cultures, and shopping malls. Grading is based on the following: attendance and participation 20%, midterm 40%, and final 40%. |
| ASIANAM 150 | RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS ASIAN AMERICAN | MAZUMDAR, S. | (Same as Sociology 139) This course is an introduction to the religious traditions of Asian Americans. It examines how religious beliefs and practices affect the lives of Asian Americans. It focuses on the transplantation of religious institutions, the establishment of sacred spaces such as churches, mosques and temples, the celebration of significant religious holidays and the socialization of children into their religious identity. It also analyses the importance of religion in life cycle rites such as birth, marriage and death, and the role of religion in the structuring of gender relations and family. Students will required to do three reaction papers on the assigned readings (15% of the grade) and in-class writing assignment (15%) as well as take a midterm (30%) and a final exam (40%). |
| ASIANAM 150 | COMICS, CRIT, CLT | MIMURA, G. | (Same as Film Stud #) Passing trivia or serious art? Comics have been a ubiquitous, if marginal form of cultural expression since the 1920s. Largely ignored by serious criticism until the 1960s, comics became a significant object of creative scrutiny in Pop Art. Indeed, the past three decades have witnessed the emergence of art comics or \"indy\" (independent) comics, elevating the form to such a degree that it is now regarded as a legitimate, if still marginal literary-artistic genre. We will examine selections from this rich history, emphasizing developments in the post-1960s era. Particular attention will be given to the medium as artifact of history; as creative documentation of two recent wars; and as representation of the multicultural reality of everyday experience. Each week, the course will work further toward a broader understanding of the significance and possibilities of comics expression in modern culture. |
| ASIANAM 151D | VIETNAMESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PHAM, C. | (Same as Soc Sci 178D) An introduction to the study of the Vietnamese in America from the exodus of this new group of Asian American from Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War to their resettlement in the United States. Topics such as wars and revolution in Vietnam, the different waves of Vietnamese refugees, admission and resettlement, adjustment to new life, the Vietnamese community, Vietnamese American literature and poetry etc. will be discussed. Final grade will be based on a term paper, midterm, and final exam. |
| ASIANAM 164 | ASIAN AMERICAN/RACE RELATIONS | VO, L. | (Same as Soc Sci 179) This courses moves beyond conceptualizing U.S. race relations as a black-white binary paradigm. We will analyze Asian American race relations and racialized interconnections with American Indians, Chicanos/Latinos, African Americans/Black Americans, and European Americans. We will also discuss how Asians Americans have historically been positioned in the U.S. racial hierarchy and study the complexities of their racialization as \"perpetual foreigner\"and \"model minorities\" in the contemporary period. Our discussions will focus on how economic, political, and cultural factors structure stereotypes, face-to-face interactions, and the formation of group identities. Additionally, we will examine how these conditions lead to real and perceived antagonisms between groups as well as the building of coalitions. We will investigate how Asian Americans have used their changing demographics and expanding resources to shape the dialogue regarding racial categorization, citizenship, immigration, and equity. The course grade will be based on two writing assignments and a take-home final exam. |
| ASIANAM 200A | THEORY&METH ASAM ST | FUJITA-RONY, D. | |
| ASIANAM 201 | CLTRS OF GLOBALZATN | TBA | |
| ASIANAM 201 | COM HIS SOC MTHDS | LIU, J. | |