Transpacific Ecologies: Race, Migration, Environment

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Surveying a range of oceanic, archipelagic, and urban ecologies in the transpacific, this course examines the complex relationship between race, migration, and the natural environment in literary studies. While attending to how transpacific ecologies have been indelibly shaped by interlocking forces of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, militarism, and imperialism, we will also consider: how do Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander literatures come to reimagine identity formation, diasporic relation, and environmental justice? Readings include Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Ruth Ozeki, Craig Santos Perez, Le The Diem Thuy, Wu Mingyi, and more. No previous exposure to transpacific studies or environmental humanities expected: students of all backgrounds are welcome.