ASIAN AMERICAN LITERARY AND POPULAR CULTURE: RACE, FANTASY, FUTURES

ASIANAM 560

Topics in the arts and humanities that illuminate the Asian American experience.

ASIANAM/GEN&WS 321

Examines the different ways feminist and queer Asian Americans have used cultural production to speak up about issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, identity, diaspora, nation, justice, art, and activism. Asian American feminist and queer critiques can bring to light the ways that structures of domination uphold and further perpetuate Asian American marginalization within the U.S. Examines Asian American racialized, gendered, and sexualized images and stereotypes, as well as the daily lives and experiences of Asian American women and queer folks. Engages with scholarly articles, novels, memoirs, documentaries, and narrative films authored by and/or focusing on feminist and queer Asian Americans. Explores how systemic ideologies are reflected, challenged, and deconstructed in Asian American feminist and queer cultural productions.

ASIANAM/COMARTS 420

Examines representations of Asian American in American media using historical, analytical, and critical approaches. Issues of cultural production, identity, race, politics, and gender are linked to examinations of specific media forms.

ASIANAM/ENGL 270

Survey of Asian American literature from 1880 to present.

ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 463

Explores the intersection between race and sexuality in American literature with an emphasis on sex/gender difference, feminism, transgenderism, and nationalism. Focuses on the nature of literature as advocacy, with an emphasis on Asian-American issues.