Comparative Asian and Latina/o Immigrant Experiences
AMST 336
Spring 2016
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This seminar explores the comparative experiences and histories of Latinas/os and Asian Americans in the U.S. Over the course, we will cover a broad range of topics related to citizenship, discrimination, immigration, human rights, intermarriage, education, and housing segregation. Together we seek to understand how these two groups are connected in their political, economic, cultural, and social lives. The historical time frame of the readings and lectures will cover the mid-19th century period to the 21st century. There is a hemispheric approach that will discuss Asian migration to the Americas and Latina/o-Asian American foreign relations. As an interdisciplinary seminar, texts are drawn from various fields like sociology, political science, area studies, literature, gender studies, and labor studies. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Julie Dowling, MEXICANS AND THE QUESTION OF RACE
Sunaina Maira, DESIS IN THE HOUSE: INDIAN AMERICAN YOUTH CULTURE IN NYUC
John Schmitt and Kris Warner, THE CHANGING FACE OF U.S. LABOR
Natalia Molina, EXAMINING CHICANO/A HISTORY THROUGH A RELATIONAL LENS
Nicholas De Genova, LATINO AND ASIAN RACIAL FORMATIONS AT THE FRONTIERS OF U.S. NATIONALISM
Hye Paek and Hemant Shah, RACIAL IDEOLOGY, MODEL MINORITIES, AND THE NOT-SO-SILENT PARTNER
Long T. Bui, GLORIENTALIZATION: SPECTERS OF ASIA IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDERLANDS
Michael Omi, THE UNBEARING WHITENESS OF BEING
Angel Harris et al, DISPARITIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS OF IMMIGRANTS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMMIGRANT EFFECT FOR ASIANS AND LATINOS
Bruce Cain et al, THE ACQUISITION OF PARTISANSHIP BY LATINOS AND ASIAN AMERICANS
Zoltan Hajnal and Taeku Lee, OUT OF LINE: IMMIGRATION AND PARTY IDENTIFICATION AMONG LATINOS AND ASIAN AMERICANS
Cynthia Feliciano, ASSIMILATION OR ENDURING RACIAL BOUNDARIES: GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN INTERRMARRIAGE AMONG LATINOS AND ASIANS IN THE UNITED STATES
Selected articles and additional course readings will be uploaded to Moodle.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three 5-7 page papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Participation is a seminar requirement. Once or twice a week each student will team up with another student to pose questions to the class about key passages from the texts. |
| Instructor(s): Bui,Long Thanh Times: ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: WYL113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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