ASAM104 - Asian Am Community: Asian American Community

Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Asian Am Community: Asian American Community
Term
2020A
Subject area
ASAM
Section number only
401
Section ID
ASAM104401
Course number integer
104
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-01:20 PM
Meeting location
COHN 392
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Fariha Khan
Description
Who is Asian American and how and where do we recognize Asian America? This interdisciplinary course explores the multiple factors that define Asian American identity and community. In order to provide a sketch of the multifacted experience of this growing minority group, we will discuss a wide variety of texts from scholarly, artistic, and popular (film, cinematic) sources that mark key moments in the cultural history of Asia America. The course will address major themes of community life including migration history, Asian American as model minority, race, class, and transnational scope of Asian America. In combination with the readings, this class will foster and promote independent research based on site visits to various Asian American communities in Philadelphia and will host community leaders as guest lecturers.
Course number only
104
Cross listings
SAST113401, URBS207401
Fulfills
Cultural Diversity in the US
Use local description
No