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| ASIANAM 60A | INTR ASIA AMER ST I | FUJITA-RONY, D. | Same as HIST 15C, SOC SCI 78A. This class will introduce students to the major issues affecting Asian Americans up through World War II, particularly in regards to race, class, gender, ethnicity, community, and nation. In addition, this class also will enable students to explore how we produce knowledge about this time period, with integrated discussions of different kinds of texts, images, and other sources. 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 110 | ASIAN AMER FICTION | LEE, J. | The worn truism—“as California goes, so goes the nation”—holds water, then what does the fiction written by California’s Asian Americans suggest about the past, present, and future of the United States? What vision does California’s Asian American writers bring to other Asian Americans, to other Americans? And what do these works say about those of us who live in this state, arguably the most diverse in the world? Do we who live in California recognize the California represented in these stories? And is there a California that we’d rather not see? What is the “best” way to write fiction about California? These are some of the critical questions that we will pursue throughout the quarter. Reading both short story and novel, historical and contemporary, immigrant and “longtime California,” we will chart the cultural and cognitive map of Asian Americans writing in and about this wondrous geography. Readings will include novels and stories by Hisaye Yamamoto, Ronyoung Kim, Brian Ascalon Roley, Fae Myenne Ng, Karen Tei Yamashita, and Aimee Phan.
Alongside readings and class participation, students will be expected to post weekly blog entries, write one short paper (1200 words) and one longer paper (2100 words). |
| ASIANAM 112 | ASIAN AMER ART HIST | WINTHER, D | Same as AH 163. This course investigates a broad selection of Asian American art from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Moving roughly in chronological order, focus will be placed on a series of artists working in a wide range of media (painting, sculpture, architecture, performance, video) and representing diverse Asian American identities. These individuals were/are remarkable for their extraordinary accomplishments and exceptional life stories and in most cases their privileged backgrounds. While spotlighting these exceptional artists, emphasis will also be placed on their relationship to the broader social context of American and Asian American history. Students will be responsible for a writing assignment, midterm exam, and final exam.
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| ASIANAM 117 | SEXLTY ASAM FLM&VID | SHROFF, B | Same as SocSci 179. This course analyzes sexuality and gender roles in specific social, historical and political contexts represented in selected Asian and Asian American films and videos. We will examine how patriarchy polices borders and boundaries of feminine and masculine constructions especially in the context of colonialism and nationalism. Different representations of male, female, lesbian and gay sexuality as depicted in selected films and readings explore how the body becomes a contested terrain for various manifestations of desire. Our study will also include an analysis of various sexual and social roles and definitions such as daughter, son, wife, mother and issues of gay
parenting. |
| ASIANAM 134 | ASAM PUBLIC HEALTH I | TRIEU, S. | SAME AS SOC.SCI 179 and PUBLIC HEALTH 134. This 3-quarter course provides intensive training in social science research methods within the context of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women in public health. Students will learn about API women's health issues both locally and nationally. They will then apply this knowledge by actively researching a women's health topic that most affects the UCI campus community. Students will be required to work collaboratively to conduct community-based research and to disseminate an online survey tool of their own design.
Students' personal experiences and perspectives will be critical in informing their own research topics. This research will serve as an organizing tool for students to become engaged in, and/or to lead, campus, local and state campaigns around women's health issues. Students are highly encouraged to continue on to the next sections of this course, in which students will conduct social action projects to disseminate research findings. |
| ASIANAM 137 | ASIANAM LABOR | FUJITA-RONY, D. | Same as HIST 152A. This course will explore the history of Asian Americans and work from the nineteenth century to the present. Topics of discussion will include migration, colonialism, family, social organization, work culture, and activism. Requirements will include a five-page paper, a midterm exam, a final exam, a small group project, and regular class participation. |
| ASIANAM 141 | ASIAN-AMER PSYCH | LIU, Y | Same as Psych 174A. This course is designed to examine current research and literature on the cultural, societal, and historical influences that shape psychological issues among Asian Americans. Included in this examination will be an analysis of contextual issues underlying Asian American psychological experiences, such as worldviews, values, and beliefs; ethnic identity development; racism and discrimination; and the impact of the immigration experience. Issues relevant to self-concept, interpersonal relationships, gender roles, and sexuality will also be examined. Furthermore, this course will address the interface between Asian Americans and major societal institutions, such as the educational system, the workplace, and mental health services. |
| ASIANAM 143 | RELIGIOUS TRAD ASAM | MAZUMDAR, S. | Same as SOCIO 136. 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 analyzes 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. |
| ASIANAM 151D | VIET AMER EXPER (CLASS CANCELLED) | LECTURER | |
| ASIANAM 151F | SO ASIAN AMER EXP | SHROFF, B | Same as SocSci 178F. In this class we analyze the South Asian American experience through sociological, historical, economic, literary and cinematic texts. South Asian countries include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan among others. One key question posed in the class will be to examine the experience of South Asian immigrants as one of multiple belongings, that are complicated connections between the culture of the U.S. and the homeland. Regular travel to the homeland and extended family networks of South Asians create multi-layered realities in which a tension between tradition and modernity is continually negotiated and questions of home, belonging and assimilation become slippery terrain of debate and doubt. Within specific contexts of class, ethnicity and gender, we discuss how the diverse texts represent complex negotiations of identities. From beauty pageants, to the lives of working class cab drivers, we explore interrelated themes such as ethnicity and multiculturalism; relationships with the homeland--both the adoptive country and the ancestral home(s); the distinct identities of immigrant, citizen, expatriates, conflicts between first and second generation immigrants and issues of religion and caste, in the diaspora. Readings include Chandra Mohanty, Zainab Ali, Jhumpa Lahiri and Sunaina Maira among others. |
| ASIANAM 166 | ASIANAM&RACE RELTNS | SHAO-KOBAYASHI, S | This course analyzes Asian American race relations and racialized interconnections, as well as Asian Americans in racial hierarchy in both historical and contemporary American society. We will examine issues that impact U.S.-born and immigrant Asian Americans including racial categorization, citizenship, immigration, equity, legal and political system, and cross- and intra-racial and ethnic relationships. The topics includes, but not limited to, anti-Asian violence and laws, segregation/desegregation, environmental racism, whiteness, internalized racism and interracial dating/marriage. The class will discuss issues of Asian Americans, as well as those of white, black and Latino Americans. |
| ASIANAM 290 | DIRECTED RESEARCH | MIMURA, G. | |
| ASIANAM 290 | DIRECTED RESEARCH | FUJITA-RONY, D. | |