AAS 490

Spring 2012 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 spring 2012
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
39548	Lecture-Discussion	LCG	4:00PM -6:20PM	W	Davenport Hall	Cacho, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Women of Color Feminism. Meets with LLS 496. 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. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40650	Lecture-Discussion	LCU	4:00PM -6:20PM	W	Davenport Hall	Cacho, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Women of Color Feminism. Meets with LLS 496. 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. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
40574	Lecture	MKJ	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	Location Pending	Jung, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Race and Racism in the United States and Beyond. Meets with SOC 495, CRN 55801, section MKJ.