AAS 287

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of food to better understand the historical, social, and cultural aspects of Asian American food preparation, distribution and consumption. Students will investigate the politics and poetics of Asian American foodways by examining social habits, and rituals around food in restaurants, ethnic cookbooks, fictional works, memoirs, magazines, and television shows.

Prerequisite: AAS 100 or AAS 120, or consent of instructor.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Spring 2026 for:

• Cultural Studies - US Minority
• Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci

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