21H.150J / 21F.043J Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, & Historical Experience, Fall 2002
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Alternative Title
Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, & Historical Experience
Date Issued
December 2002
Abstract
An interdisciplinary subject that draws on literature, history, anthropology, film, and cultural studies to examine the experiences of Asian Americans in US society. Covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the nineteenth century, the rise of anti-Asian movements, the experiences of Asian Americans during WWII, the emergence of the Asian American movement in the 1960s, and the new wave of "post-1965" Asian immigration. Examines the role these historical experiences played in the formation of Asian American ethnicity, and explores how these experiences informed Asian American literature and culture. Addresses key societal issues such as racial stereotyping, media racism, affirmative action issues, the glass ceiling, the "model minority" syndrome, and anti-Asian harassment or violence.
Subjects
literature
history
anthropology
film
cultural studies
Asian Americans
anti-Asian movements
Asian Americans during WWII
Asian American movement
ethnicity
racial stereotyping
media racism
affirmative action
Asian immigration
glass ceiling
"model minority" syndrome
harassment
violence
21H.150J
21F.043J
21H.150
21F.043
Asian Americans
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics
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