printer friendly pageASNAMST 88N: Graphic Novels Asian American Style (ENGLISH 88N)
Though genre fiction has occasionally been castigated as a lowbrow form only pandering to the uneducated masses, this course reveals how Asian American writers transform the genre to speak to issues of racial difference and social inequality.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Sohn, S. (PI)
ASNAMST 112: Public Archaeology: Market Street Chinatown Archaeology Project (ANTHRO 112, ANTHRO 212)
This internship-style course centers on the practice and theory of historical archaeology research and interpretation through a focused study of San Jose¿s historic Chinese communities. The course includes classroom lectures, seminar discussion, laboratory analysis of historic artifacts, and participation in public archaeology events. Course themes include immigration, urbanization, material culture, landscape, transnational identities, race and ethnicity, gender, cultural resource management, public history, and heritage politics. The course includes required lab sections, field trips, and public service. Transportation will be provided for off-site activities.
Terms: Aut, Spr
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Voss, B. (PI)
ASNAMST 158: Screening Asian America
This course examines the history of Asian Americans on the screen and behind the camera. Class discussion will cover early Edison shorts, Griffith¿s Broken Blossoms, and the work of Sessue Hayakawa and Anna May Wong. The course then explores independent Asian American filmmaking and surveys key works in documentary, experimental, and avant-garde film and video production by Asian Americans. Films include Wayne Wang¿s Chan is Missing, Rea Tajiri¿s History and Memory, Richard Fung¿s Sea in the Blood.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Khor, D. (PI)
ASNAMST 200R: Directed Research
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
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Units: 1-5
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Chang, G. (PI)
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Tsai, J. (PI)
ASNAMST 200W: Directed Reading
(Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
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Units: 1-5
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Chang, G. (PI)
;
Sohn, S. (PI)
ASNAMST 295F: Race and Ethnicity in East Asia (HISTORY 295F, HISTORY 395F)
Historical, cultural, political and theoretical perspectives. Commonly misunderstood as an ethnically homogeneous country, the People's Republic of China is home to 55 officially recognized minority groups, many of whom inhabit the strategic border regions of the country. How similar assumptions of ethnic and racial homogeneity in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea are being reexamined by scholars in disciplines including anthropology, history, and political science.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Mullaney, T. (PI)
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