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An examination of the history of Asians in America via one case history: the International Hotel in San Francisco. Background history of Asians in America, and the specifics of the I Hotel case as involving the convergence of global and local economies, urban redevelopment, and housing issues for minorities. Focus on the convergence of community and cultural production. Service learning component involving community work at the Manilatown Heritage Foundation in San Francisco.

Ethnography, biomedical research, historical writing, and film to focus on the health and well being of newly arrived Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants to the U.S. Historical study of Asian immigrants as feared sources of disease and contagion, immigration status, language, health beliefs, gender, age, and definitions of community, disease prevention, and health programs and practices, and public policy. Topics include: refugeeism, cosmetic surgery, genetic screening, and health disparities.

Lived experience of people who dwell in the border world of race and nation where they negotiate transcultural and multiethnic identities and politics. Comparative, historical, and global contexts such as family and class. Controversies, such as representations of mixed race people in media and multicultural communities. What the lives of people like Tiger Woods and Barack Obama reveal about how the marginal is becoming mainstream.

May be repeated for credit.