ST: As/Am Gndrs Sex Feminisms

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Special Topic: Asian/American Genders, Sexualities, Feminisms. This course surveys foundational and current issues, concepts, and frameworks in Asian/American gender, sexuality, and feminist studies. We will examine social and cultural critiques, scholarly inquiries, and expressive productions by and/or centering people of Asian descent across the US empire and will embrace comparative, relational, and intersectional approaches to analyzing difference. Topics include migration, diaspora, transnationalism, belonging, embodiment, space, grief, memory, family, labor, selfhood, representation, colonialism, imperialism, class, militarism, justice, and environmentalism. Prerequisites: GWS-111, AMS-130, or SOC-111.