Afro-Asian Intersections in the Americas
AMST 291
Spring 2015
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
This course explores a range of historical, cultural, and political intersections between African and Asian diasporic people in the Americas from the late 19th century to the present. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, we will examine key moments in the history of Afro-Asian encounters in the Americas, including the importation of slave and coolie labor in the 19th century, the formation of anticolonial and antiracist "Third World" movements in the United States and abroad, and the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. We will also study forms of cultural interracialism, from African Americans' mania for kung fu in the 1970s, to interracial buddy films like Rush Hour (1998), to the contemporary fiction of writers such as Karen Tei Yamashita and Young Jean Lee. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
POSSIBLE READINGS INCLUDE:
Nancy Abelmann and John Lie, BLUE DREAMS: KOREAN AMERICANS AND THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS
Frank Chin, CHICKENCOOP CHINAMAN
W.E.B. DuBois, DARK PRINCESS
Moon-Ho Jung, COOLIES AND CANE: RACE, LABOR, AND SUGAR IN THE AGE OF EMANCIPATION
Christine Y. Kim et al, BLACK BELT
Claire Jean Kim, BITTER FRUIT: THE POLITICS OF BLACK-KOREAN CONFLICT IN NEW YORK CITY
Daniel Kim, WRITING MANHOOD IN BLACK AND YELLOW
Jodi Melamed, REPRESENT AND DESTROY: RATIONALIZING VIOLENCE IN THE NEW RACIAL CAPITALISM
Vijay Prashad, THE KARMA OF BROWN FOLK and EVERYBODY WAS KUNG-FU FIGHTING
Additional readings by Bill Brown, Susan Koshy, Grace Hong, Cynthia Tolentino, Daryl Maeda, Helen Jun, Colleen Lye, Walter Benn Michaels, and Gary Okihiro
Fiction by Charles Johnson, HIsaye Yamamoto, Karen Tei Yamashita, Patricia Powell
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments will include weekly responses, presentation, short papers, longer final paper. |
| Instructor(s): Tang,Amy Cynthia Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK404; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 6 | FR: 2 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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