Diasporic South Asian Writing and American Studies
AMST 273
Spring 2021 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 276 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Asian American Studies, Caribbean Studies Minor |
The South Asian diaspora spans the world; communities are located in Africa, the Middle East, England, North and South America, and the Caribbean, as well as Southeast Asia. Using novels, poems, short stories, and film, as well as scholarship on history, this course will focus upon the literary and cultural production of the South Asian diaspora in the Americas, focusing especially on the United States. We will examine the conditions of historical arrival and identity-making under shifting regimes of politics, economics, and culture. What does being in the United States mean for the claiming of "Indian" and "American" identities, and how is this inflected by relationships with other ethnic or racial communities? The relationship with an often romanticized "India" is a central question, expressed through the concepts of diaspora, exile, and transnationalism. Consequently, what are the conditions of "authenticity," and of cultural authority? What aesthetic forms, questions, and issues express or preoccupy the artists of the South Asian American community? |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AMST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature)(FGSS)(GSAS-MN)(GSAS) |
Major Readings:
Subject to modification; please consult Wesleyan/R.J. Julia Bookstore for final list.
Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine
Agha Shahid Ali, A Nostalgist's Map of America
Reetika Vazirani, World Hotel
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
Vijay Prasad, The Karma of Brown Folk
Chicago Quarterly Review Vol. 24: The South Asian American Issue Paperback ¿ February 17, 2017
V.S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas
Shanti Mootoo, He Kill She in the Sea
Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, Nirvikar Singh,The Other One Percent: Indians in America
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Examinations and Assignments:
Midterm, final, two essays
in-class presentation |
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