INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES

Catalog description

Introduction to the field of Asian American Studies, this course investigates the histories and experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from the 1700s to the contemporary era using the lens of ethnic studies and focusing on several key themes including race and racism, gender, labor, migration, citizenship, war, militarism, colonialism and imperialism, diaspora, cultural representations, self-determination, decolonization, civil rights, and social movements. The course will also focus on how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders negotiate their intersectionality and the structural forces confronting them. Students learn how to critically analyze events, histories, cultures, experiences, and epistemologies of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, as well as identify struggles of racial and social justice.