AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies
Lila Sharif • MW 11:00 – 11:50 am • CRN 29646 • Lecture (Friday Discussion Sections)
Interdisciplinary introduction to the basic concepts and approaches in Asian American Studies. Surveys the various dimensions of Asian American experiences including history, social organization, literature, arts, and politics.
AAS 120: Intro to Asian American Pop Culture
Fiona Ngô • TR 11:00 am – 12:20 pm • CRN 51394
Introductory understanding of the way U.S. popular culture has affected Asian Americans and the contributions Asian Americans have made to U.S. media and popular culture since the mid 1880's.
AAS 200: U.S. Race and Empire
Naomi Paik • TR 3:30 – 5:00 pm • CRN 67473
Invites students to examine histories and narratives of U.S. race and empire, drawing upon multiple theoretical and methodological works in Asian American studies and related fields.
AAS 201: U.S. Racial and Ethnic Politics
Cara Wong • MW 11:00 – 11:50 am • CRN 62300 • Lecture (Friday Discussion Sections)
Jillian Evans • TR 11:00 am – 12:20 pm • CRN 71040
Yuan-Ning Chu • TR 3:30 pm – 4:50 pm • CRN 71043
Examines efforts by racial and ethnic communities to organize politically and by society to allocate resources based on race or ethnicity. Topical focus includes African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and white ethnics. The primary goal of the course is to develop a more comprehensive understanding of racial and ethnic politics by identifying commonalities and differences among these groups and their relationship to the state.
AAS 246: Asian American Youth in Film
Soo Ah Kwon • M 3:00 – 5:20 pm • CRN 66200
Examines both mainstream and independent films and documentaries representing and/or produced by Asian American youth. Explores the role of multiculturalism and diversity issues in informing young people's experiences.
AAS 275: The Politics of Fashion
Mimi Nguyen • MW 12:00 – 12:50 pm • CRN 71453 • Lecture (Wed/Thurs Discussion Sections)
Interdisciplinary examination of clothing as a medium for fashioning identities and the political and social tensions embodied in its fabrications. Through the politics of dress, the course investigates the inseparable links between cultures, aesthetics, and politics, as demonstrated in debates about Muslim practices of veiling, the role of clothing in colonialism's "civilizing" mission, immigrant and "third world" sweatshop labor and globalization, fashion policing and subcultural style, and the fashion and modeling industries. Looks at the role of gender, as well as race, nation, and sexuality, as relations of power and as critical factors for social life and creative imagination.
AAS 281: Constructing Race in America: Caribbean Latino Migrations
Eric McDuffie • MW 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm • CRN 70106 • Lecture (Wed/Fri Discussion Sections)
From the aftermath of Hurricane Maria to the global hit-song "Despacito" and those who star in baseball, the Caribbean Latino presence in U.S. society surrounds us. This course is geared toward developing a historical understanding about Caribbean Latinos in the United States. Through course materials, class discussions, and lectures we explore the political and cultural relationships established between the U.S. and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, the process of community building for Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans in the U.S. as well as transnationally, and how Caribbean Latinos reconcile their place in the United States with their historical pasts.
AAS 287: Food and Asian Americans
Lila Sharif • MW 3:00 – 4:20 pm • CRN 58092
Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of food to better understand the historical, social, and cultural aspects of Asian American food preparation, distribution and consumption. Students will investigate the politics and poetics of Asian American foodways by examining social habits, and rituals around food in restaurants, ethnic cookbooks, fictional works, memoirs, magazines, and television shows.
AAS 297: Asian Families in America
Anita Balgopal • MW 5:00 – 6:15 pm • CRN 64421
Offers a comparative analysis of Asian families as they cope and adapt to American society. Examines: 1) how families from four major Asian-American groups (Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Korean) function in American society; 2) how these families compare to families in their country of origin; and 3) how these families are similar to or different from the 'typical American' family. Includes visits to Asian cultural institutions and with Asian families.
AAS 310: Race and Cultural Diversity
James Anderson • TR 2:00 – 3:50 pm • CRN 64999 (Discussion 1) • CRN 33769 (Discussion2)
Study of race and cultural diversity from Colonial era to present; the evolution of racial ideology in an ethnically heterogeneous society; the impact of race on the structures and operations of fundamental social institutions; the role of race in contemporary politics and popular culture.
AAS 370: Immigration, Law, and Rights
Naomi Paik • TR 12:30 – 2:00 pm • CRN 67536
Exploration of the histories, cultures, and experiences of immigration to the United States by examining cultural production (literary and visual narratives and texts) alongside legal discourses (legislation, federal court cases).