AAS 390

Spring 2009

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Intermed Topics Asian Am St
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Credit: 3 hours.

May be repeated in the same or subsequent terms to a maximum of 6 hours.

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51521
Lecture-Discussion
AO
1:00PM -3:20PM
W
1030 Foreign Languages Building
Oh, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/09-05/06/09
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Asian Americans and U.S. Wars
Section Info:
. Wars have been central to the relationship between the United States and Asia and to the history of Asian Americans. This course explores the ways in which twentieth century American wars � in Asia and elsewhere � have transformed migrations between Asia and the U.S. as well as war�s impact on Asian Americans� social, economic, political and cultural life. Rather than emphasizing geopolitics, our readings and discussions will focus on themes of migration, citizenship, U.S. imperialism, nationalism and transnationalism, neo- and post-colonialism, and race and racialization. We will trace Asian American histories and experiences through the Philippine-American War, World War II, the Korean War, wars in Southeast Asia, and the post-9/11 period. The broad scope of this course will also allow us to examine such concepts as race, gender, national identity, power and cultural representations.
51232
Lecture-Discussion
JI
2:30PM -4:50PM
M
G48 Foreign Languages Building
Inda, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/09-05/06/09
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Body, Cullture, and Power. Meets with LLS 396, CRN 51046, section JI, and GWS 395, CRN 51239, section JI. This seminar offers a critical examination of the dynamics related to the embodiment of difference. Although the body is usually equated with nature, our focus is on how truths about the body are produced in ways that justify and contest formations of power. In other words, we argue that the body, rather than being in any simple way natural, is a construct of culture and therefore always implicated in relations of dominance and subordination. The particular focus of the course is the role of difference in the making and remaking of bodies. Specifically, it is concerned with how raced, gendered, and sexed bodies have been constructed in US culture (often as deviant) and with how such bodies have been rendered objects of surveillance, discipline, and regulation.
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