AAS 1 - Introduction to Asian American Studies

3 unit(s)
Introductory examination of Asian Pacific Islander Desi/Americans (APID/A) through U.S.-national and transnational frameworks, concerned with contests over the production of racial knowledge, power, and citizenship and belonging. Develops an account of racialization beyond the black-white binary in the context of US war and empire in Asia and the Pacific Islands, settler colonialism, globalization, migration, and popular culture.

Satisfies 6. Ethnic Studies (Formerly Area F).

Grading: Letter Graded

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