| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
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| ASIANAM 110 | A PLACE OF THEIR OWN: MINORITY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS | OZIEBLO, B. | Women playwrights of whatever color are at a disadvantage when it comes to getting their plays onto the stage (just over 12% of plays performed in New York were by women in 2009) and yet audiences are composed mostly of women who are keen to see their concerns and "trifles" (as in Susan Glaspell's well-known play Trifles) on the stage. Looks at a selection of plays written by American women dramatists in order to explore the themes of hybridity, assimilation, and identity creation. Particular emphasis given to generational differences and to the rejection of the status of "the other." The contribution of these dramatists to American theater will also be considered, particularly the use of innovative theatrical devices and the significance of the rejection of the traditional format of the well-made play. (VII) |
| ASIANAM 114 | MARTIAL ARTS, GENDER & FILM: ASIAN AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO | SHROFF, B. | Combines viewing and analyzing the use of "martial arts" in transnational film. The films span the geographies of Asian America and Asia. Analyzes how the "martial arts genre has complicated issues of gender, especially within a transnational context. Discusses how films like "Once Upon A Time in America" represent Asian American masculinity in the geography of the "Wild West." Selected films include "Karate Kid", "Rumble in the Bronx", and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon." (VII) |
| ASIANAM 141 | ASIAN-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY | TSONG, Y. | 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. Same as Psychology 174A. (VII) |