AMST 404
New Works in Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies
Last Offered n/a
Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
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In this seminar, we will consider new and/or newly intensifying debates and conversations in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies. Topics may include white settler colonialism; indigeneity, the Pacific, and the transpacific; refugee experiences; political participation, conservativism, and religion; affirmative action; sexual violence; mental health; and comparative and relational racialization. We will also consider some new works of Asian American film and literature, and the criticism it generates. In addition to reading very recent scholarship on these topics in the field, we will also look at related media coverage, policy proposals, law, and/or activism. Students will therefore not only gain an understanding of the field’s recent concerns but also become familiar with the broader political, social, and cultural contexts from which they emerge. Course material will focus on scholarship and issues that critically engage race, gender, sexuality, indigeneity, and/or disability as key terms. Students will be asked to develop a final project or paper based on one of the topics covered in the course.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 0
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Requirements/Evaluation: Participation, weekly bibliographic annotations, one 3-5 page paper, one final presentation (8-10 page paper plus in-class presentation)
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor/AMST recommended
Enrollment Preferences: American Studies majors, Seniors, Juniors
Distributions: Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
DPE Notes: This course is organized around Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) scholarship that foregrounds systems of power and hierarchies of identity. Students will consider how AAPI experiences throughout the history of the U.S. are shaped by uneven and often unjust processes, such as war or economic liberalism, and aspects of identity, such as race, indigeneity, gender/sexuality, class, and religion.
Attributes: AMST 400-level Senior Seminars

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