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Asian American Studies Related
Selections - Spring 2008
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ER&M 290 01 (20932)/AMST 251/ENGL 299
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Asian-American Literature
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TTh 2.30-3.45 WLH 011
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An introduction to
Asian American literature in the twentieth century, focusing on issues
of origins, gender, revision, migrations, and language. Topics include
pan-ethnic identity, racial formation, postcolonialism, and
globalization. Authors include Theresa Cha, David Henry Hwang, Jessica
Hagedorn, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jhumpa Lahiri, Wendy Law-Yone, and
Milton Murayama.
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ER&M 321 01 (20934)/FILM 331/AMST 314
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Race, Cinema, and the Migrant City
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T 9.00-11.00p
W 3.30-5.20 LC 206
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History and
aesthetics of the cinema in relation to race, immigration, and
modernity. Asian American, African American, and white immigrant film
history, representation, and spectatorship.
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AFAM 829 01 (21976) /WGSS715
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American Legal History: Citizenship & Race
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Th 2.30-4.20 HGS 220B
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The seminar
examines the evolution of U.S. citizenship as defined and interpreted
by courts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with
particular attention to the way historical events that defined race
have affected citizenship. Topics of study include the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 1866
Civil Rights Act, Reconstruction legislation, immigration restrictions
imposed on Asians, legislation impacting the racial classification of
Mexicans, statutes governing the citizenship of indigenous native
peoples, racially based prohibitions against voting, education, and
employment, and efforts to reduce them by civil rights legislation
culminating with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Each seminar participant
has to research several topics and make a presentation to the class on
at least one topic. Engagement in seminar discussion and the drafting
of research papers are the basis for grading. This seminar is open to
seniors.
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AMST 003 01 (20512)
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American Literature and World Religions
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TTh 11.35-12.50 LC 203
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A study of the
complex trajectories of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and
Buddhism in American literature. Readings range from Anne Bradstreet to
Bharati Mukherjee. Enrollment limited to freshmen.
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