AAS 490

Fall 2009 All Classes

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Adv Topics in Asian Am Studies

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Research seminar on specialized topics in Asian American Studies.

May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term if topics vary. Prerequisite: AAS 100 or any Asian American Studies course, or consent of instructor.

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AAS 490 class schedule data for fall 2009
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	41524	Lecture-Discussion	LCG	2:00PM -4:50PM	T	Wohlers Hall	Cacho, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/09-12/09/09 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Women of Color/NativeFeminisms Section Info: . Women of Color / Native Feminisms. This course will examine the scholarship of Women of Color Feminism and Native Feminism, which includes various feminist theories, perspectives, and politics that have emerged from and alongside Ethnic Studies and Indigenous Studies. This scholarship will explore 1) how and why the privileged subject of rights-based struggles for people of color has been heterosexual and male, 2) "the cultural defense" as used by the US legal system and international women's rights campaigns, and 3) the ethical dilemmas and political difficulties involved in organizing through difference. Readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, such as literary criticism, critical legal studies, and sociocultural anthropology as well as the interdisciplines of Queer Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies, and American Studies. Meets with LLS 496, CRN 54335, section LCG, and LLS 496, CRN 54336, section LCU. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	41759	Lecture-Discussion	LCU	2:00PM -4:50PM	T	Wohlers Hall	Cacho, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/09-12/09/09 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Women of Color/NativeFeminisms Section Info: . Women of Color / Native Feminisms. This course will examine the scholarship of Women of Color Feminism and Native Feminism, which includes various feminist theories, perspectives, and politics that have emerged from and alongside Ethnic Studies and Indigenous Studies. This scholarship will explore 1) how and why the privileged subject of rights-based struggles for people of color has been heterosexual and male, 2) "the cultural defense" as used by the US legal system and international women's rights campaigns, and 3) the ethical dilemmas and political difficulties involved in organizing through difference. Readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, such as literary criticism, critical legal studies, and sociocultural anthropology as well as the interdisciplines of Queer Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies, and American Studies. Meets with LLS 496, CRN 54335, section LCG, and LLS 496, CRN 54336, section LCU.