Fall 2017  |  ENGL 1911 Section 001: Asian Americans in the First Person (35969)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 08:15AM - 09:30AM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 215
Course Catalog Description:
Americans of Asian descent comprise one of the fastest-growing racial groups in the US today. While large numbers of Asian Americans have been in the US since the middle of the 19th century, it is only in the past few decades that they have been widely recognized in literature and film. What do artistic works such as memoirs, documentary films, graphic novels, oral histories, and poetry say about the experiences of Asian Americans? How do individual artists depict themselves and others as part of families, communities, or nations? How do questions of race, racism, family, identity, immigration, labor, citizenship, inequality, gender, sexuality, media stereotypes, and activism affect the perspectives and the aesthetic choices of these works? Our readings and screenings will reference historical events such as early Chinese immigration and WWII Japanese American incarceration, as well as contemporary Asian American experiences. We will also be working with oral histories and digital stories to capture the voices and images of Asian Americans in our own communities.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jolee+ENGL1911+Fall2017
Class Description:
Americans of Asian descent comprise one of the fastest-growing racial groups in the US today. While large numbers of Asian Americans have been in the US since the middle of the 19th century, it is only in the past few decades that they have been widely recognized in literature and film. What do artistic works such as memoirs, documentary films, graphic novels, oral histories, and poetry say about the experiences of Asian Americans? How do individual artists depict themselves and others as part of families, communities, or nations? How do questions of race, racism, family, identity, immigration, labor, citizenship, inequality, gender, sexuality, media stereotypes, and activism affect the perspectives and the aesthetic choices of these works?

Our readings and screenings will reference historical events such as early Chinese immigration and WWII Japanese American incarceration, as well as contemporary Asian American experiences. We will also be working with oral histories and digital stories to capture the voices and images of Asian Americans in our own communities.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35969/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 April 2017

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